μύρω

myro

flow, trickle

Appears 27 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μύρω [ῡ], Ep. Verb, Act. only impf., A. flow, trickle, δάκρυσι μῦρον they trickled with tears, of poisoned arrows, Hes. Sc. 132. II. elsewh. always in Med. μύρομαι (in early Ep. only pres. and impf.), melt into tears, shed tears, πολέες δʼ ἀμφʼ αὐτὸν ἑταῖροι μύρονθʼ Il. 19.6; κλαίοντέ τε μυρομένω τε 22.427; γοόωσά τε μυρομένη τε 6.373, cf. Od. 19.119; ἐλεὸν μύρετο Hes. Op. 206: aor. 1 opt. 2sg. μύρηαι Theoc. 16.31. 2. later, of a river, flow, ῥείθροισι . . μύρεται Σίνις Lyc. 982, cf. A.R. 2.372; αἵματι μ. trickle with blood, Id. 4.666. 3. c. acc., weep for, bewail, Bion 1.68: aor. 1 inf. μύρασθαι and 3sg. ἐμύρατο (s. v.l.), Mosch. 3.73, 90.
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