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θωρήσσω

thoresso

arm with a

Appears 43 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θωρήσσω, Ep. aor. θώρηξα, subj. θωρήξομεν (for -ωμεν) Il. 2.72:— A. arm with a θώραξ: generally, arm, θωρῆξαί ἑ κέλευε . . Ἀχαιούς Il. 2.11; Μυρμιδόνας . . θώρηξεν Ἀχιλλεύς 16.155:—more freq. in Med. and Pass., θωρήσσομαι, fut. -ξομαι: aor. ἐθωρήχθην:—arm oneself, put oneʼs harness on, αὐτίκα θωρήσσοντο Il. 19.352; σὺν τεύχεσι θωρηχθέντες 8.530, etc.; ἐς πόλεμον ἅμα λαῷ θωρηχθῆναι 1.226; τεύχεʼ ἐνείκω θωρηχθῆναι I will bring you arms to arm yourselves withal, Od. 22.139; ἐθωρήσσοντο δὲ χαλκῷ 23.369; ἐν τῷδε (sc. θώρακι) πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους θωρήξομαι Ar. Ach. 1134; to which Dicaeopolis replies, ἐν τῷδε (sc. χοῒ) πρὸς τοὺς συμπότας θ., with reference to signf. II. II. fortify with drink, Hp. Epid. 2.5.10; ποτῷ φρένα θωρηχθέντες Nic. Al. 32; τεθωρηγμένος Ruf. ap. Orib. 6.38.23; make drunk, intoxicate, Thgn. 842:—Med. and Pass., get drunk, οἴνῳ Id. 470: abs., Id. 413, Pi. Fr. 72; θωρηχθεὶς ὑπὸ οἴνου Hp. Morb. 4.56, cf. Duris 27 J. III. Med. in causal sense, τὸν μὲν . . νέκταρι θωρήξαιο Nic. Al. 225.
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