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ἐμέω

emeo

vomit, throw up

Appears 53 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐμέω Il. 15.11, impf. ἤμουν Ar. Fr. 351, X. An. 4.8.20, Ion. ἤμεον Hdt. 7.88: fut. ἐμέσω Hp. Morb. 2.15, Att. ἐμῶ (ἐνεξ-) Polyzel. 4: fut. Med. ἐμέομαι Hp. Nat.Hom. 5, ἐμοῦμαι A. Eu. 730: aor. ἤμεσα Hp. Epid. 1.26.εʹ, etc., (ἐξ-) Ar. Ach. 6, inf. ἐμέσαι Hdt. 1.133; Ep. ἔμεσσα (ἀπ-) Il. 14.437 (prob. ἐξήμεσσα should be restored for -ήμησα in Hes. Th. 497; ὑπερ-έμησα occurs in the Mss. of Hp. Morb. 2.17): pf. ἐμήμεκα Luc. Lex. 21, Ael. NA 17.37: plpf. ἐμημέκεε Hp. Epid. 5.42, ἐμημέκει D.L. 6.7:—Pass., fut. ἐμεθήσομαι (ἐξ-) LXXJb. 20.15: aor. inf. ἐμεθῆναι Gal. 7.219: pf. ἐμήμεσμαι Ael. VH 13.22:—Α. vomit, throw up, αἷμʼ ἐμέων Il. 15.11, cf. Hdt. 7.88; ἐμοῦσα θρόμβους A. Eu. 184; ἰόν ib. 730: abs., vomit, be sick, Hdt. 1.133, X. An. 4.8.20; ἐμέειν ἀπὸ συρμαϊσμοῦ Hp. Art. 40; ἐ. πτίλῳ to make oneself sick with a feather, Ar. Ach. 587. 2. metaph., throw up a flood of words, Eun. VSp.488 B. (ϝεμε-, cf. Skt. vámiti ‘vomit’, Lat. vomo, vomitus, Lith. vémti, etc.)
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