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κυκάω

kykao

stir

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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κυκάω, A. stir, of one curdling milk, Il. 5.903; mix, τινι with a thing, τυρόν τε καὶ ἄλφιτα καὶ μέλι χλωρὸν οἴνῳ . . ἐκύκα Od. 10.235, cf. Il. 11.638; φάρμακα κ. Hp. Ep. 17; ἅλμην κύκα τούτοισιν Ar. V. 1515, cf. Dsc. 5.79: metaph., αἰ μή τί τʼ εἴπην γλῶσσʼ ἐκύκα κακόν Sapph. 28:— Med., mix for oneself, Ar. Pax 1169 (lyr.). II. stir up, ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω τὸν βόρβορον Id. Eq. 866; ἄνεμοι κ. τὸ πέλαγος Alciphr. 1.10; of intrigue, ἕτερόν τι κ. Men. Epit. 211: hence, throw into confusion or disorder, νιφάδι καὶ βροντήμασι . . κυκάτω πάντα A. Pr. 994; κ. τὴν βουλήν Ar. Eq. 363; τὴν Ἑλλάδα Id. Pax 270; κ . . . πάντα καὶ ταραττέτω ib.320, cf. Pl. Phd. 101e, Epicur. Nat. 14.7, etc.: in Hom. only Pass., to be confounded, panic-stricken, τὼ δὲ κυκηθήτην Il. 11.129; τρὶς δὲ κυκήθησαν Τρῶες 18.229; κυκήθησαν δέ οἱ ἵπποι 20.489; of a river, to be churned up, seethe, πάντα δʼ ὄρινε ῥέεθρα κυκώμενος 21.235, cf. 324; of Charybdis, Od. 12.238; κλύδωνʼ ἔφιππον ἐν μέσῳ κυκώμενον S. El. 733; of mental disquiet, θυμὲ κήδεσιν κυκώμενε Archil. 66; ὑπʼ ἀνδρὸς τοξότου κυκώμενος hustled by him, Ar. Ach. 707.
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