στυγέω

stygeo

hate, abhor

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

στυγέω, Il. 7.112, Hdt. 7.236, E. El. 1017, etc.: aor. 1 ἔστυξα, opt. στύξαιμι Od. 11.502 (v. infr. II): aor. 2 ἔστῠγον (κατ-) 10.113, Il. 17.694: later aor. 1 ἐστύγησα A. Supp. 528 (lyr.), E. Tr. 710: pf. ἐστύγηκα J. Ap. 2.24, (ἀπ-) Hdt. 2.47:—Pass., fut. στυγήσομαι in pass. sense, S. OT 672: aor. ἐστυγήθην A. Th. 691, E. Alc. 465 (lyr.): pf. ἐστύγημαι Lyc. 421; ἔστυγμαι Hsch.:—A. poet. Verb (also in Hdt. and later Prose, Phld. Lib.p.13 O., J.l.c.), hate, abhor, c. acc., Il. 20.65, al., Hes. (Th. 739, al.), and Trag. (v. infr.); also in Thgn. 278, Pi. Fr. 203.2, Emp. 115.12, 116, Hdt. 7.236; Com. only in paratragoedic and lyric passages, Ar. Ach. 33 (cf. Sch. ad loc.), 472, Th. 1144 (lyr.), Diph. 73.5, Com.Adesp. 1278; never in Att. Prose: stronger than μισέω, for it means to show hatred, not merely to feel it, τὸ πρᾶγμα . ., ἢν μὲν ἀξίως μισεῖν ἔχῃ, στυγεῖν δίκαιον E. El. 1017: c. inf., hate or fear to do a thing, Il. 1.186, 8.515, S. Ph. 87, A.R. 2.628:—Pass., to be abhorred, detested, τὸν μέγα στυγούμενον A. Pr. 1004; Φοίβῳ στυγηθέν Id. Th. 691; τί δʼ ἐστίν . . πρός γʼ ἐμοῦ στυγούμενον; what is the horrid thing that I have done? S. Tr. 738. II. in aor. 1, make hateful, τῷ κέ τεῳ στύξαιμι μένος καὶ χεῖρας then would I make my courage and my hands a hate and fear to many a one, Od. 11.502: but this aor. is used in the common sense by A.R. 4.512, AP 7.430 (Diosc.).
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