στεῦμαι
steumai
make as if one would . . , promise or threaten that one will
Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
στεῦμαι, Epic Verb, used by only in 3 sg. pres. and impf., στεῦται, στεῦτο, once by in 3 sg. στεῦται; 1 sg. στεῦμαι cj. for ὑπισχνοῦμαι in L. 82, 3 pl. impf. στεῦντο 60:—
‹ All lexicon entries In Il. always with inf. fut., make as if one would . . , promise or threaten that one will . . , στεῦται γάρ τι ἔπος ἐρέειν Il. 3.83; στεῦτο γὰρ εὐχόμενος νικησέμεν 2.597; στεῦται γὰρ νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα 9.241; στεῦτο γὰρ . . οἰσέμεν ἔντεα καλά 18.191; στεῦτο . . ἀπολεψέμεν οὔατα χαλκῷ 21.455; ἐμοί τε καὶ Ἥρῃ στεῦτʼ ἀγορεύων Τρωσὶ μαχήσεσθαι 5.832; once with inf. aor., στεῦται δʼ Ὀδυσῆος ἀκοῦσαι declares he has heard of O., Od. 17.525; στεῦται . . ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον Ἑλλάδι Pers. 49 (anap.); with inf. pres., στεῦται δʼ Ἠελίου γόνος ἔμμεναι boasts that he is . . , 2.1204; with acc. and inf. pres., στεῦντο θεοπλήγεσσιν ἐοικότας εἰδώλοισιν ἔμμεναι ἢ λάεσσιν declared that they were . . , l.c.: abs. once in Od., στεῦτο δὲ διψάων, πιέειν δʼ οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι he made eager efforts in his thirst, 11.584. ( seems to have connected it with ἵστημι: τὸ στεῦτο κατὰ διάνοιαν ὡρίζετο, οὐκ ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν ποδῶν στάσεως, Sch. Il. 2.597, cf. Lex., : but more prob. στεῦτο (from *στεῦστο with dissimilation) corresponds to Ved. astoṣṭa ‘solemnly proclaimed concerning himself’, 3 sg. sigmatic aor. middle of stu-.)