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πέπνυμαι

pepnymai

to be conscious, in full possession of oneʼs faculties

Appears 81 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πέπνυμαι, Ep. pf. Pass. with pres. sense, A. to be conscious, in full possession of oneʼs faculties, τῷ καὶ τεθνηῶτι νόον πόρε Περσεφόνεια οἴῳ πεπνῦσθαι· τοὶ δὲ σκιαὶ ἀΐσσουσιν Od. 10.495 ; π. ἐν νεκύεσσι Call. Lau. Pall. 129. 2. more freq. to be wise, πέπνυσαι . . νόῳ ιλ.2.3 ; οὔ σʼ ἔτυμόν γε φάμεν πεπνῦσθαι Ἀχαιοί 23.440 ; imper. πέπνῠσο Thgn. 29 : plpf. with impf. sense, τά περ ἄλλα μάλιστα ἀνθρώπων πέπνῡσο Od. 23.210 : most freq. in part. πεπνυμένος, of persons, Il. 3.203, Od. 3.52 ; also of things, π. μῦθος, π. μήδεα, 1.361, Il. 7.278 ; στόμα Hsch.; πεπνυμένα ἀγορεύειν, βάζειν, etc., Od. 19.352, Il. 9.58, etc.; once in Hes., πεπνυμένα εἰδώς Op. 731 ; in later Prose, πεπνυμένη ῥῆσις Anaxarch. 1 ; τὰ θεῖα πεπνυμένος Plu. Num. 4 ; αἱ (v.l. οἱ) π. the experts, Aret. SD 2.11.—In aor. opt. Pass., πνυθείης ἀκόνιτον understand it, Nic. Al. 13. 3. breathe, ζῶντες καὶ πεπν. ἄνδρες Plb. 6.47.9; εἰκόνες Id. 6.53.10. (From root πενῠ- which becomes πινῠ- in πινυτός (cf. Σικυών from Σεκυών, Λιβύη from Λεβύα) , ἀπινύσσω ; πνῡ-also in pr. n. Πνυταγόρας, πνυτός : not cogn. with πνέω, with which however it soon began to be confused, cf. ἄμπνυτο, ἀναπνέω I.1.)
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