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πύθω

pytho

cause to rot

Appears 21 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πύθω [ῡ], Ep. impf. πύθεσκον A.R. 4.1530: fut. πύσω Il. 4.174: aor. ἔπῡσα (κατ-) h.Ap. 371, Ep. πῦσα ib.374 (but πύσε [ῠ] Call. Fr. 313): —Pass., only used in pres. and impf.:—A. cause to rot, σέο δʼ ὀστέα πύσει ἄρουρα Il. 4.174; σέ γʼ αὐτοῦ πύσει γαῖα h.Ap. 369; αὐτοῦ πῦσε πέλωρ μένος Ἠελίοιο ib.374, cf. Hes. Op. 626:—Pass., become rotten, decay, moulder, ὁ δέ θʼ αἵματι γαῖαν ἐρεύθων πύθεται Il. 11.395; ὀστέα π. ὄμβρῳ Od. 1.161, cf. Hes. Sc. 153; ὀστεόφιν θὶς ἀνδρῶν πυθομένων Od. 12.46; πυθομένοισιν ἐφʼ ἕλκεσι A.R. 4.1405; ἐπύθετό μοι ὁ ὀφθαλμός PSI 4.299.5 (iii A.D.). (Cf. Skt. p[umacracute]yati ‘putrefy’, Lat. pūs, etc.)
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