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τείρω

teiro

oppress, distress, weaken

Appears 44 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

τείρω, impf. ἔτειρον, found only in pres. and impf. Act. and Pass., and in Aeol. pf. inf. Pass. τέτορθαι Hdn.Gr.2.69:—of the effects of pain, sorrow, etc., on body and mind, A. oppress, distress, weaken, τείρουσι (sc. ἡμᾶς or σε) μαρνάμενοι Il. 6.255, cf. 8.102, 24.489; ἀλλά σε γῆρας τείρει 4.315; βέλεος δέ σε τείρει ἀκωκή 13.251; τεῖρε γὰρ αὐτὸν ἕλκος 16.510; ὀδυνάων αἳ νῦν μιν τείρουσι κατὰ φρένας 15.61, cf. Od. 1.342; ἱδρὼς γάρ μιν ἔτειρεν Il. 5.796; τεῖρε γὰρ αἰνῶς φωκάων . . ὀδμή Od. 4.441; μιν ἔτειρεν ἔρος Hes. Fr. 105; νιν ἔρως ἔτειρεν Telest. 1.6; κακαὶ τ. μέριμναι Mimn. 1.7; ἐπεί με . . τύχαι τείρουσʼ Ἄτλαντος A. Pr. 350; ὀδύνη με τ. E. Rh. 799:—Pass., τείροντο δὲ νηλέϊ χαλκῷ Il. 17.376; καμάτῳ τε καὶ ἱδρῷ ib.745; ἔνδοθι θυμὸς ἐτείρετο πένθεϊ λυγρῷ 22.242; τείρετο δʼ αἰνῶς she was sore distressed, 5.352; τειρόμενοι, by war, 11.801, cf. 6.387, al.; ἕλκει -όμενον Pi. P. 1.52; ἄχθεσι τ. Tyrt. 6; ἐν . . κακῷ τείρει (2sg. Pass.) ψυχὴν ἐξαπατηθείς Ar. Lys. 960; Ἑρμιόνας δούλαν· ἇς ὕπο τειρομένα . . τάκομαι E. Andr. 114 (lyr.).--Poet. word, used by Gal. 14.632, Ael. NA 14.11. (The other tenses are supplied by τέτρυμαι etc. from τρύω (not found before Call. in pres. or impf.), which may be cogn.)
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