σίνομαι
sinomai
harm, hurt, do
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
σίνομαι, Aeol. σίννομαι dub. in 12; 2sg. pres. or aor. subj. σίνηαι Od. 12.139: Ion. impf. σινέσκετο, -οντο, Fr. 117, Od. 6.6: fut. σινήσομαι f.l. in Mul. 1.52: aor. 3pl. ἐσίναντο 8.31, -έατο 7.147 codd.:—codd. give a form σινέομαι in 4.123, 5.81, Morb. 4.41,53, etc.; but σίνομαι is the only form in , and prob. should be restored everywhere:—Act. σίνω Ion. for βλάπτω acc. to 15.662; σίνομαι Pass., IG 22.1126.42 (Amphict. Delph.), A. 211. [ῑ in the Verb (exc. perh. in 12); ῐ in σίνις, σίνος, ἀσῐνής.] I. harm, hurt, do one harm or mischief, , only in Od. (but v. infr. II, and cf. σίντης), of plunderers and marauders, οἵ σφεας σινέσκοντο, of the Cyclopes who used to plunder the Phaeacians, Od. 6.6; ὅτε μοι σίνοιτό γʼ ἑταίρους, of Scylla destroying Odysseus’ comrades, 12.114; εἰ δέ κε σίνηαι (sc. Ἠελίου βόας) 11.112, cf. ἀσινής; οὐ σινέσκετο καρπόν Fr. 117; in later Ep., ἀλώπηξ . . σινομένα τὰν τρώξιμον plundering the grapes, 1.49; σ. ἔπαυλα καὶ . . ἄνδρας AP 6.262 (), cf. 1.951,1260, etc.; in Prose, pillage, waste a country, 5.74, 6.97, 8.31; τὴν Μηδικήν Cyr. 5.5.4; waste, destroy the crops, 1.17, 4.123; αἰ δέ κα σίνηται [τοὺς καρπούς], ἀποτεισάτω τὰ ἐπιτίμια ὁ σινόμενος GDI 5040.28 (Crete), cf. Tab.Heracl. 1.129, Cyr. 3.3.15; ἐὰν ὑποζύγιον . . σίνηταί τι τῶν πέλας Lg. 936e. II. generally, injure, αἰδώς, ἥ τʼ ἄνδρας μέγα σίνεται Op. 318 (interpol. in Il. 24.45, v. Sch.), cf. Piet.p.93 G.; [ὁ κροκόδειλος] οὐδὲν σ. τὸν τροχίλον 2.68; τὴν ἕδραν τοῦ ἵππου μὴ σ. not to hurt his back, Eq. 12.9, cf. HP 9.18.3; αἰ δὲ σίναιτο ἀφακεσάσθω if he damages the utensils, he must make it good, Mnemos. 57.208 (Argos, vi B.C.); esp. in war, injure, harass, σ. τὸν στρατόν 5.27; τοὺς πολεμίους μέγα σ. 7.147, cf. 9.49, An. 3.4.16; opp. ὠφελεῖν, Lac. 12.5.—Never in Trag., once in , freq. in ; once in non-literary Pap., BGU 248.17 (i A.D.).
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