πίτνημι

pitnemi

spread out

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 21 1
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217
Book 22 1
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22402
Odyssey 1
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Book 11 1
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11392

Dictionary (LSJ)

πίτνημι, poet. form of πετάννυμι, A. spread out, ἠέρα πίτνα (Ep. impf.) Il. 21.7; πιτνὰς εἰς ἐμὲ χεῖρας stretching out his arms to me, Od. 11.392; πίτναν τʼ ἐς αἰθέρα χεῖρας (impf.) Pi. N. 5.11; πίτνατε λεπταλέας στολίδας AP 10.6 (Satyr.): metaph., excite, flutter, τὸ λεῖον φαλακρὸν ἡδονῇ πιτνάς S. Ichn. 359:—Pass., ἀμφὶ δὲ χαῖται . . πίτναντο Il. 22.402; θυμέλαι ἐπίτναντο χρυσήλατοι E. El. 713 (lyr.); πίτνατο . . παστὸς θαλάμων AP 7.711 (Antip.):—also πίτνω, only ἔπιτνον ἀλωήν Hes. Sc. 291.

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