νωμάω
nomao
deal out, distribute
Appears 23 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νωμάω, Iterat.impf.νώμασκε 4.108 :—Med., v.infr. : (νέμω A.I.I) :—A. deal out, distribute, esp. food and drink at festivals, Il. 1.471, Od. 3.340, etc. ; ν. φιάλαισιν ἀμπέλου παῖδα pour wine into the several cups, N. 9.51 ; ν. προπόσεις 1.7 II. (νέμω A. III. 2) direct, guide, 1. of weapons, implements, etc., handle, wield, ἐν παλάμῃσι πελώριον ἔγχος ἐνώμα Il. 5.594 ; οἶδʼ ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδʼ ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν 7.238 ; σκῆπτρον δʼ οὔτʼ ὀπίσω οὔτε προπρηνὲς ἐνώμα 3.218 ; ἄλεισον . . μετὰ χερσὶν ἐνώμα Od. 22.10 ; ἀεὶ γὰρ πόδα νηὸς ἐνώμων managed the sheet, 10.32 ; νηὸς . . οἰήϊα νωμᾷς 12.218 ; ἁνία χερσὶ ν. I. 1.15 ; drive, ν. δίφρους P. 4.18 ; ν. κύλικα 2.5 :—Med., νωμήσασθαι σάκος 3.439. b. metaph., ἐν πρύμνῃ πόλεως οἴακα νωμῶν Th. 3 ; νώμα δικαίῳ πηδαλίῳ στρατόν P. 1.86 ; πᾶν ἐπὶ τέρμα ν. Ag. 781 (lyr.) ; νωμᾶτʼ ὠκεανόν, νωμᾶθʼ ἅλα, δένδρεά τʼ αὔτως H. 38.8, etc. : abs., to be the guiding power, Fr. 941.11. 2. of the limbs of the human body, ply, γούνατʼ ἐν. Il. 10.358 ; ὄμμα 1.35 ; φυγᾷ πόδα ν. OT 468 (lyr.) ; ν. ὀφρύν move the brow, Ch. 288 ; πτερὸν αἰθέρι ν. AP 9.339 () ; πήδα . . παμφυὲς νωμῶν δέμας IG 42(1).130.19 (Epid.). 3. metaph., of the mind, turn over, ἐνὶ φρεσὶ κέρδεʼ ἐνώμας thou didst use to turn wiles over in the mind, Od. 18.216 ; κέρδεα νωμῶν 20.257 ; ply nimbly, ἐν στήθεσσι νόον πολυκερδέα νωμᾶν 13.255. 4. observe, νωμῶντες . . σῖτα ἀναιρεομένους observing them in the act of foraging, 4.128 ; of soothsayers, ἐν ὠσὶ ν. καὶ φρεσίν . . χρηστηρίους ὄρνιθας Th. 25 ; ὦ πάντα νωμῶν, Τειρεσία OT 300, cf. Ph. 1256 ; τὸ νωμᾶν καὶ τὸ σκοπεῖν ταὐτόν Cra. 411d ; so prob. in h.Cer. 373 ἀμφὶ ἕ νωμήσας peering round him. III. Med., = νέμομαι, possess, occupy, χώραν, νῆσον, Supp.Epigr. 2.511.56, al. (Crete, ii B. C.).—Poet. word, exc. in and Pl.Il.cc. and in signf. III.
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