περισαίνω

perisaino

wag the tail round, fawn upon

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10215
Book 16 2
Chapter ?

164
1610

Dictionary (LSJ)

περισαίνω, Ep. περισσ-, A. wag the tail round, fawn upon, Τηλέμαχον δὲ περίσσαινον κύνες Od. 16.4 ; οὐρῇσιν μακρῇσι περισσαίνοντες 10.215 ; of σαργοί, Opp. H. 4.361 : metaph., π. γλώσσῃσιν Orph. L. 430, cf. Them. Or. 7.92d, 21.258d ; τινὰ ὡς δεσπότην Simp. in Epict.p.52 D.

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