πῆμα
pema
misery, calamity
Appears 47 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πῆμα, ατος, τό (same form in Dor.), poet. word, A. misery, calamity, π. κακόν Od. 5.179; π. κακοῖο 3.152; δύης π. 14.338; π. τῆς ἄτης Aj. 363; π. θεὸς Δαναοῖσι κυλίνδει Il. 17.688; τοῖσι . . πῆμα κυλίνδεται Od. 2.163, cf. Il. 11.347; ἡμῖν πήματα πολλὰ θέσαν 15.721; τοι πῆμα τόδʼ ἤγαγον Οὐρανίωνες 24.547; ἓν παρʼ ἐσλὸν π. σύνδυο δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι P. 3.81; πημάτων ἔξω πόδα ἔχει Pr. 265; πήματα ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντʼ Ant. 594 (lyr.); πῆμʼ ἐπὶ πήματι κεῖται, i.e. iron upon iron, the sword forged upon the anvil, Orac. ap. 1.67, cf. 68; σοφιστὴς πημάτων deviser of pains (i. e. the labours of Heracles), Heracl. 993. II. of persons, bane, calamity, ὅς μιν ἔτικτε . . π. γενέσθαι Τρωσί Il. 22.421, cf. 3.50, 160, 6.282, OT 379; π. κακὸς γείτων Op. 346. (Cf. Skt. pīyati, Goth.fijan ‘hate’.)
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