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ὀπάζω

opazo

make to follow, send with

Appears 52 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀπάζω, impf. ὤπαζον Il. 8.341 ; Ep. ὄπ- 16.730 : Ep. fut. ὀπάσσω Od. 8.430,21.214 : aor. ὤπασα Il. 13.416, Hes. Th. 974, Pi. N. 1.16, and Trag. (v. infr.); Ep. and Lyr. also ὄπασσα, Od. 10.204, Pi. I. 7(6).38 :—Med., aor. ὠπασάμην, Ep. 3sg. ὀπάσσατο Il. 19.238 ; 2sg. subj. ὀπάσσεαι 10.238 :—Pass., only in pres. (v. fin.) :—A. poet. Verb, perh. causal of ἕπομαι, make to follow, send with one, give as a companion or follower, ἐπεί ῥά οἱ ὤπασα πομπόν Il. 13.416 ; σοὶ γάρ με πατὴρ ἅμα πομπὸν ὄπασσεν 24.461, cf. Od. 9.90 ; ἅμʼ ἡγεμόνʼ ἐσθλὸν ὄπασσον 15.310 ; ἀρχὸν δὲ μετʼ ἀμφοτέροισιν ὄπασσα 10.204 ; πολὺν δέ μοι ὤπασε λαόν, i. e. made me leader over many, Il. 9.483, cf. Pi. N. 1.16 ; ὦ Ζεῦ, γυναικῶν οἷον ὤπασας γένος A. Th. 256 :—Med., bid another follow one, take with one, take as a companion, σὺ δὲ χείρονʼ ὀπάσσεαι Il. 10.238 ; Νέστορος υἷας ὀπάσσατο 19.238 ; κήρυκά τʼ ὀπασσάμενος καὶ ἑταῖρον Od. 10.59 :—Nic. uses the Med. in act. sense, σκολόπενδρα . . ὀπάζεται ἀνδράσι κῆρα Th. 813 : Hes. never has it in this sense. II. also of things, make or give to be with a person, then simply, give, grant, τούτῳ . . Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀπάζει gives him glory to be with him, Il. 8.141, cf. 17.566 ; κτήματα, ἀρετήν, κάλλος, ἀοιδήν, φῆμιν, ὀϊζύν, etc., freq. in Hom., Od. 21.214, 13.45, Il. 6.156, Od. 8.498, 24.201, 23.210, al. ; πολλὰ γὰρ ὤπασε παιδί gave her as a portion, Il. 22.51 ; τέλος ἐσθλὸν ὀ. grant a happy end, Hes. Op. 474 ; ὄλβον, ἄγρην, Id. Th. 420, 442 ; εὐδίαν ἐκ χειμῶνος ὀ. Pi. I. 7(6).38, al.; Ὕβρις . . πλοῦτον . . ἀλλότριον ὤπασεν B. 14.60 ; πῦρ ἐγώ σφιν ὤπασα A. Pr. 254, cf. 8, 30, Pers. 762, Eu. 530 (lyr.) ; a few times in E., e. g. Med. 517, twice in Ar., Eq. 200 (mock heroic), Th. 973 (lyr.): with pleon. inf., Πατρόκλῳ . . κόμην ὀπάσαιμι φέρεσθαι, like δίδωμι ἔχειν, Il. 23.151, cf. Pi. O. 9.66 :—Med., καλάμινθον ὀπάζεο take to yourself . . , Nic. Th. 60, cf. 520. 2. give besides something else, add, ἔργῳ δʼ ἔργον ὄπαζε h.Merc. 120 ; χάριν ἅμʼ ὄπασσον ἀοιδῇ h.Hom. 24.5 ; μελέταν ἔργοις ὀ. devote, Pi. I. 6(5).67 ; ἔργον ὤπασεν πρὸς ἀσπίδι put the work of art on the shield, A. Th. 492. III. press hard, chase, Ἕκτωρ ὤπαζε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς Il. 8.341 ; χαλεπὸν δέ σε γῆρας ὀπάζει ib.103 ; πολὺν καθʼ ὅμιλον ὀπάζων (sc. αὐτήν) 5.334, cf. 17.462 ; φόνια δʼ ὤπασας λέχεʼ ἀπὸ γᾶς didst chase them away, E. El. 1192 (lyr.) :—Pass., ποταμὸς . . ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ a torrent forced on by rain, Il. 11.493. IV. ὀπασθείς· ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω δεθείς, καὶ ἐξαγκωνισθείς, Hsch. (but cf. ὀσταθείς Id.). (The relation to ἕπομαι, ὀπαδός, ὀπάων is uncertain.)
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