στυγέω
stygeo
hate, abhor
Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
στυγέω, Il. 7.112, 7.236, 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 Supp. 528 (lyr.), Tr. 710: pf. ἐστύγηκα Ap. 2.24, (ἀπ-) 2.47:—Pass., fut. στυγήσομαι in pass. sense, OT 672: aor. ἐστυγήθην Th. 691, Alc. 465 (lyr.): pf. ἐστύγημαι 421; ἔστυγμαι :—A. poet. Verb (also in and later Prose, Lib.p.13 O., J.l.c.), hate, abhor, c. acc., Il. 20.65, al., (Th. 739, al.), and Trag. (v. infr.); also in 278, Fr. 203.2, 115.12, 116, 7.236; Com. only in paratragoedic and lyric passages, Ach. 33 (cf. Sch. ad loc.), 472, Th. 1144 (lyr.), 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 El. 1017: c. inf., hate or fear to do a thing, Il. 1.186, 8.515, Ph. 87, 2.628:—Pass., to be abhorred, detested, τὸν μέγα στυγούμενον Pr. 1004; Φοίβῳ στυγηθέν Th. 691; τί δʼ ἐστίν . . πρός γʼ ἐμοῦ στυγούμενον; what is the horrid thing that I have done? 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 4.512, AP 7.430 ().
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