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,
‹ All lexicon entries 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 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 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 ; πεπνυμένα ἀγορεύειν, βάζειν, etc., Od. 19.352, Il. 9.58, etc.; once in , πεπνυμένα εἰδώς Op. 731 ; in later Prose, πεπνυμένη ῥῆσις 1 ; τὰ θεῖα πεπνυμένος Num. 4 ; αἱ (v.l. οἱ) π. the experts, SD 2.11.—In aor. opt. Pass., πνυθείης ἀκόνιτον understand it, Al. 13.
3. breathe, ζῶντες καὶ πεπν. ἄνδρες 6.47.9; εἰκόνες 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.)