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στεῦμαι

steumai

make as if one would . . , promise

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

στεῦμαι, Epic Verb, used by Hom. only in 3sg. pres. and impf., στεῦται, στεῦτο, once by A. in 3sg. στεῦται; 1sg. στεῦμαι cj. for ὑπισχνοῦμαι in Orph. L. 82, 3pl. impf. στεῦντο Maiist. 60:—A. 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 A. Pers. 49 (anap.); with inf. pres., στεῦται δʼ Ἠελίου γόνος ἔμμεναι boasts that he is . . , A.R. 2.1204; with acc. and inf. pres., στεῦντο θεοπλήγεσσιν ἐοικότας εἰδώλοισιν ἔμμεναι ἢ λάεσσιν declared that they were . . , Maiist. l.c.: abs. once in Od., στεῦτο δὲ διψάων, πιέειν δʼ οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι he made eager efforts in his thirst, 11.584. (Aristarch. seems to have connected it with ἵστημι: τὸ στεῦτο κατὰ διάνοιαν ὡρίζετο, οὐκ ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν ποδῶν στάσεως, Sch.Il. 2.597, cf. Apollon. Lex., Hsch.: but more prob. στεῦτο (from *στεῦστο with dissimilation) corresponds to Ved. astoṣṭa ‘solemnly proclaimed concerning himself’, 3sg. sigmatic aor. middle of stu-.)
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