θήγω

thego

sharpen, whet

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2382
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11416
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13475

Dictionary (LSJ)

θήγω, Dor. θάγω [ᾱ] Ar. Lys. 1256: fut. θήξω E. Cyc. 242: aor. ἔθηξα Pi. O. 10(11).20, E. Or.[51]:—Med., aor. ἐθηξάμην (v. infr.):—Pass., pf. τέθηγμαι (v. infr.):—A. poet. Verb (used by X. and later, v. infr.), sharpen, whet, Hom. (only in Il.), θήγων λευκὸν ὀδόντα 11.416, cf. 13.475, Hes. Sc. 388; ὀδόντα Ar. Ra. 815 (hex.); γένυν E. Ph. 1380; θ. φάσγανον, ξίφος, μαχαίρας, A. Ag. 1262, E. Or. 1036, Cyc. 242; ξίφη Onos. 28; ὀϊστούς Jul. Or. 7.229a:—Med., δόρυ θηξάσθω let him whet his spear, Il. 2.382, cf. Phanocl. 1.8. 2. metaph., sharpen, excite, Pi. O. 10(11).20; ἰάμβων τοὺς ὀδόντας Babr. Prooem. 2.14; provoke, τὰς ψυχὰς εἰς τὰ πολεμικά X. Cyr. 2.1.20, cf. 1.2.10 (Pass.), Mem. 3.3.7; τεθηγμένον τοί μʼ οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ A. Th. 715; λόγοι τεθηγμένοι sharp, biting words. Id. Pr. 313; οὐ γάρ μʼ ἀρέσκει γλῶσσά σου τεθηγμένη S. Aj. 584; λῆμα τεθ. E. Or. 1625; τῆς διανοίας ὀργῇ τεθ. Alcid. ap.Arist. Rh. 1406a10. II. intr., ὀργὴ γέροντος . . ἐν χειρὶ θήγει σὺν τάχει δʼ ἀμβλύνεται dub. in S. Fr. 894.

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