παραπλάζω

paraplazo

cause to wander from the right way

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

981
Book 19 1
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19187
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20346
Iliad 1
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Book 15 1
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15464

Dictionary (LSJ)

παραπλάζω, used by Hom. in aor. Act. παρέπλαγξα and Pass. -επλάγχθην :—A. cause to wander from the right way, of seamen, drive out of their course, ἀλλά με . . Βορέης παρέπλαγξε Κυθήρων Od. 9.81, cf. 19.187 : metaph., lead astray, perplex, παρέπλαγξεν δὲ νόημα 20.346 ; αἱ φρενῶν ταραχαὶ παρέπλαγξαν καὶ σοφόν Pi. O. 7.31 :—Pass., παρεπλάγχθη δέ οἱ ἄλλῃ ἰὸς χαλκοβαρής the arrow went aside, Il. 15.464 ; ποῖ παρεπλάγχθην γνώμης ἀγαθῆς ; E. Hipp. 240 : abs., err, be wrong, Pi. N. 10.6. II. Act. intr., go astray, κραδίη παραπλάζουσα μέμηνε Nic. Th. 757.

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