ὀπίζομαι

opizomai

regard with awe and dread

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 18 1
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18216
Book 22 1
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22332
Odyssey 2
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Book 13 1
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13148
Book 14 1
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14283

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀπίζομαι, Lacon. ὀπίδδομαι IG 5(1).919, Hom. only pres. and impf. 2 and 3sg. : later also part. (v. infr.), and aor. ὠπίσατο Q.S. 2.618: (ὄπις):—A. regard with awe and dread, Διὸς δʼ ὠπίζετο μῆνιν Od. 14.283 ; τῶν ὅ γʼ ὀπίζετο μῆνιν Hes. Sc. 21 ; σὸν θυμὸν ὀπίζομαι Od. 13.148 ; μητρὸς . . ὠπίζετʼ ἐφετμήν Il. 18.216 ; ἐμὲ δʼ οὐδὲν ὀπίζεο νόσφιν ἐόντα 22.332, cf. h.Merc. 382 : abs. in part., feel awe or reverence, Pi. P. 4.86, I. 3.5 ; χάρις ὀπιζομένα filled with reverence, Id. P. 2.17. 2. after Hom., care for, c. gen. pers., Thgn. 734,1148, A.R. 2.181, Man. 6.218 :—so later in Act., σώματος . . ὀπίζων App.Anth. 3.143.—Ep. and Lyr. Verb, never in Trag.

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