σπέρχω

spercho

set in rapid motion

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11110
Book 13 1
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13334
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19317
Book 23 1
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23870
Book 24 2
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24248
24322
Odyssey 5
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3283
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9101
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

1322
13115
Book 15 1
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1560

Dictionary (LSJ)

σπέρχω, Il. 13.334, etc. (Act. only in pres. and impf.):—Med., fut. σπέρξομαι, aor. ἐσπερξάμην, Hsch.:—Pass., Il. 19.317, etc.: aor. part. σπερχθείς Pi. N. 1.40, Hdt. 1.32:—A. poet. Verb (used also in Ion. Prose, cf. περισπέρχω; Att. only in compds. ἐπι-, κατα-σπέρχω), set in rapid motion, only late, c. inf., τρέχειν Luc. Trag. 236: more freq. in Pass., to haste, be in haste, c. inf., ὁπότε σπερχοίατʼ Ἀχαιοὶ . . φέρειν Ἄρηα Il. 19.317, cf. A.R. 4.211; ὁπότε σ. ἐρετμοῖς Od. 13.22; σ. μετά, ποτί τι, A.R. 1.1255, Orph. L. 706; of the sea, rage, Hymn.Is. 151: in Hom. mostly part. pres. Pass. σπερχόμενος in haste, hurriedly, σ. δʼ ὁ γεραιὸς ἑοῦ ἐπεβήσετο δίφρου Il. 24.322, cf. 23.870, Od. 9.101, al.; [νηῦς] ἐπέκελσεν σπερχομένη 13.115, cf. E. Alc. 257 (lyr.). 2. metaph., to be hasty of temper, σπερχομένοιο γέροντος Il. 24.248, cf. Hdt. 3.72; σπερχθείς Id. 1.32; σπερχθεῖσα θυμῷ in haste and heat, Pi. N. 1.40; μὴ σπέρχου be not hasty, E. Med. 1133; σ. μέγα δή τι καὶ οὐ φατόν Call. Del. 60; σπέρχεσθαί τινι to be angry with one, Hdt. 5.33, Call. Del. 158. II. intr., = Pass., ὅθʼ ὑπὸ λιγέων ἀνέμων σπέρχωσιν ἄελλαι are driven rapidly, Il. 13.334, cf. h.Hom. 33.7; ὁπότε σπέρχοιεν ἄελλαι (v.l. σπερχοίατʼ) Od. 3.283; ἵππος σπέρχων Opp. C. 1.342; εἰρεσίῃ σ. Id. H. 5.295. (Cf. Skt. sprhayati ‘desire’.)

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