ποιπνύω
poipnyo
bustle about
Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ποιπνύω, impf. ἐποίπνυον, Ep. ποίπνυον Il. 24.475: aor. part. ποιπνύσας 8.219. [υ of pres. long before a long syll., short before a short syll., v. infr.: ῡ in fut. and aor. always.]:—A. Ep. Verb (perh. formed by redupl. from πνῡ-, cf. πέπνυμαι), bustle about, of attendants, ὡς ἴδον Ἥφαιστον διὰ δώματα ποιπνύοντα Il. 1.600; αἱ μὲν ὕπαιθα ἄνακτος ἐποίπνυον 18.421; ποίπνυον παρεόντε 24.475; ὣς ἔφαθʼ· οἱ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἐποίπνυον Od. 3.430; ποιπνύοντα μάχην ἀνὰ κυδιάνειραν Il. 14.155; δῶμα κορήσατε ποιπνύσασαι make haste and sweep the house, Od. 20.149; ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκʼ Ἀγαμέμνονι πότνια Ἥρη αὐτῷ ποιπνύσαντι . . ὀτρῦναι Il. 8.219; once in , ἐμὰν ποιπνύων χάριν labouring for the sake of me, P. 10.64. 2. later c. acc., ἴδεα ποιπνύουσα 73; εὖ μάλα π. . . ἔργα ap. VP 40 codd.; μαντοσύνην Orac. ap. 37 II. Med. in sense of Act., περί τι H. 2.615.
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