τρύχω

trycho

wear out, waste, consume

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 7
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Book 1 2
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1248
1288
Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2219
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10177
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16125
Book 17 1
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17387
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19133

Dictionary (LSJ)

τρύχω [ῡ], Od. 1.248, etc.: Ion. impf. τρύχεσκεν A.R. 2.473: fut. τρύξω Od. 17.387:—Pass., pres. and impf., v. infr.: the pf. is supplied by τρύω and τρυχόω: cf. κατατρύχω:—A. wear out, waste, consume, τρύχουσι δὲ οἶκον Od. 1.248, 16.125; οἵ τε [κηφῆνες] μελισσάων κάματον τ. Hes. Op. 305; πτωχὸν οὐκ ἄν τις καλέοι τρύξοντα ἓ αὐτόν no one would invite a beggar to eat him out of house and home, Od. 17.387; τρύχω βίον ἐν κακότητι Thgn. 913; τρύχει τὰ νουσήματα, i.e. get the better of, cure, the disease, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 18; τρύχουσιν ἔρωτες, τρύχει πόθος, AP 12.88,143; γᾶ φθίνουσα τρύχει ψυχάν distresses, afflicts, S. OT 666 (lyr.); τρύχουσα σαυτήν E. Hel. 1286; τ. στρατείαις τὴν πόλιν X. HG 5.2.4:—Pass., to be worn out, τρυχόμενος Od. 1.288, 2.219, cf. Thgn. 752; τρύχεσθαι λιμῷ Od. 10.177; εὐναῖς ἀνανδρώτοισι τρύχεσθαι S. Tr. 110 (lyr.); χρόνῳ Id. Aj. 605 (lyr.); ἀμπλακίαις E. Hipp. 147 (lyr.); τῇ προσεδρείᾳ Th. 1.126; κατʼ οἶδμʼ ἅλιον E. Hel. 521 (lyr.); ἐτρυχόμεσθα . . ὁδοιπλανοῦντες Ar. Ach. 68; δυσμενέων ἄστυ τ. Sol. 3.22: c. gen., σου τρυχόμεθʼ ἤδη τρία καὶ δέκʼ ἔτη we have pined for thee . . , Ar. Pax 989 (anap.).

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