θύνω
thyno
rush, dart along
Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
θύνω [ῡ], only pres. and impf.,= θυνέω, A. rush, dart along, θῦνε διὰ προμάχων Il. 5.250, etc.; πάντῃ θῦνε σὺν ἔγχεϊ 20.493; ἀνʼ ὑλῆεν ὠκὺς ἔθυνεν ὄρος AP 6.217.8 ([]): c. part., βασιλῆες θῦνον κρίνοντες they flitted to and fro ordering the ranks, Il. 2.446; μνηστῆρας ὀρίνων θῦνε κατὰ μέγαρον Od. 24.449: c. acc. cogn., θ. ἀτραπὸν ἰθεῖαν Th. 264: metaph., ἐπʼ ἄλλοτʼ ἄλλον ὥτε μέλισσα θύνει λόγον flits from one tale to another, P. 10.54 (θύνων· ὁρμῶν, is not in our text of ). II. = θύω (B), Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν θῦνε μεσηγὺ ἱστάμενος raged, Il. 11.570; οἱ δὲ λύκοι ὣς θῦνον ib.73; θῦνε γὰρ ἂμ πεδίον ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικώς 5.87.
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