πεῖσμα

peisma

shipʼs cable

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 7
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Book 6 1
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6269
Book 9 1
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9136
Book 10 3
Chapter ?

1096
10127
10167
Book 13 1
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1377
Book 22 1
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22465

Dictionary (LSJ)

πεῖσμα (A), ατος, τό, A. shipʼs cable, usu. the stern-cable by which the ship was made fast to the land, λιμήν . . , ἵνʼ οὐ χρεὼ πείσματός ἐστιν—οὔτʼ εὐνὰς βαλέειν, οὔτε πρυμνήσιʼ ἀνάψαι Od. 9.136 ; πεῖσμα δʼ ἔλυσαν ἀπὸ τρητοῖο λίθοιο 13.77; πεῖσμα . . κίονος ἐξάψας μεγάλης 22.465 : pl., ἀπὸ πείσματʼ ἔκοψα νεός 10.127, cf. A. Supp. 765, Ag. 195 (lyr.); πίσυνοι λεπτοδόμοις π., of Xerxes’ bridge of boats, Id. Pers. 112(lyr.) : metaph., ἐχόμενοι ὥς τινος ἀσφαλοῦς π. Pl. Lg. 893b; ἔλυσεν οἷον νεὼς πείσματα Id. Ti. 85e; τύχης π. λυσάμενος BCH 25.327 (Mysia); of the marriage-tie, Ph. 1.563 : prov., πᾶν πεῖσμα διέρρηκται Hld. 7.25 : metaph., of reins, νέμειν πείσματα Θήβης Epic. in BKT 5 (1) p.115. 2. generally, rope, Od. 10.167; boat-rope, painter, Theophil. 6. 3. stalk of the fig, Gp. 10.56.2and4; cf. πάσμα, πέσμα. (*πενθ-σμα, cf. Goth. bindan ‘bind’, etc.)

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