πημαίνω

pemaino

plunge into ruin, undo

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book IX 1
Chapter ?

862a3
Book XI 4
Chapter ?

932e1
932e4
933e6
933e7
Republic 1
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Book II 1
Chapter ?

364c2

Dictionary (LSJ)

πημαίνω, Il. 15.42: fut. -ᾰνῶ S. Aj. 1314, OC 837; Ion. -ανέω Il. 24.781: aor. ἐπήμηνα 3.299, S. Tr. 715, Pl. R. 364c; Dor. part. πημάνας [ᾱ] IG 12.1085.8 :—Med., fut. πημᾰνοῦμαι Ar. Ach. 842 (s. v.l.), also πημανούμενος in pass. sense, S. Aj. 1155 : Ep. aor. πημήναντο Q.S. 13.379 :—Pass., aor. ἐπημάνθην (v. infr.) :—A. plunge into ruin, undo, and in milder sense, grieve, distress, π. Τρῶάς τε καὶ Ἕκτορα Il. 15.42; [Ὅρκος] ἀνθρώπους π. Hes. Th. 232, cf. Thgn. 689; π. τὴν γῆν damage it, Hdt. 9.13; ἄτρακτος θεὸν π. S. Tr. 715; π. τινὰ φαρμάκοις Pl. Lg. 932e; ὑγρότης π. τὰ ὄμματα Arist. Pr. 957b24 : abs., do harm, Il. 24.781, Democr. 258; ὑπὲρ ὅρκια πημήνειαν might work harm in transgression of oaths, Il. 3.299:—Med., ὅρκια πημήναντο violated their oaths, Q.S.l.c.:—Pass., suffer hurt or harm, οὐδέ τις οὖν μοι νηῶν πημάνθη Od. 14.255, cf. 8.563, A. Pr. 336, etc.; ἴσθι πημανούμενος S. Aj. 1155.—Poet. word, used also IG 12.18.7 and by Hdt. l.c., Pl. R. l. c., Lg. 862a, 932e, 933e (Pass.), and in later Prose, as Corn. ND 32 (Pass.), Porph. Abst. 2.12, Agath. 5.23.

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