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|Full diacritics=ἠμύω
|Medium diacritics=ἠμύω
|Low diacritics=ημύω
|Capitals=ΗΜΥΩ
|Transliteration A=ēmýō
|Transliteration B=ēmyō
|Transliteration C=imyo
|Beta Code=h)mu/w
|Definition=aor. <b class="b3">ἤμυσα</b> (v. infr.): pf. part. <b class="b3">ἠμυκώς</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>626</span>; cf. <b class="b3">ὑπ-εμνήμυκε</b>:—Ep. Verb, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bow down, sink</b>, Hom., only in Il., ἑτέρωσ' ἤμυσε κάρη πήληκι βαρυνθέν <span class="bibl">8.308</span>; <b class="b3">ἤμυσε καρήατι</b>, of a horse, <span class="bibl">19.405</span>; of a corn-field, ἐπί τ' ἠμύει ἀσταχύεσσιν <span class="bibl">2.148</span>: metaph., of cities, <b class="b2">totter, fall</b>, <b class="b3">τῶ κε τάχ' ἠμύσειε πόλις Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">373</span>; rare in Trag., χρόνῳ δ' . . ἤμυσε στέγος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>864</span>; later, simply, <b class="b2">fall, perish</b>, οὔνομα δ' οὐκ ἤμυσε Λεωνίδου <span class="title">AP</span>7.715 (Leon.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> trans., <b class="b2">cause to fall, ruin</b>, πόλιν Musae.<span class="title">Fr.</span>22. (In Hom. ῠ in pres., ῡ in aor. 1; but ῡ in pres. κατ-ημύουσιν <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1400</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.228</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>453</span>; ῠ in aor., <span class="title">AP</span>9.262 (Phil.), but ῡ ib.<span class="bibl">7.715</span> (v. supr.); cf. <b class="b3">ἀμύω, ἐπημύω</b>.)</span>
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