ἀμάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), <span class="bibl">Od.9.135</span>, etc.; Ep. pres. part. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀμάων <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1187</span>, dat. pl. ἀμώντεσσι <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.16</span>: impf. ἤμων <span class="bibl">Il.18.551</span>: fut. ἀμήσω <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>480</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.28</span>: aor. ἤμησα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>181</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1044</span>, Ep. [[ἄμησα]] (δι-) <span class="bibl">Il.3.359</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>778</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>419</span>: fut. ἀμήσομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 625</span> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">3</span>), <span class="bibl">A.R.1.688</span>:—Pass., aor. part. ἀμηθείς <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>216</span>: pf. [[ἤμημαι]] (ἐξ-) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1179</span>. Simple Verb takes augm. in Hom., but not compds., v. <span class="bibl">Il.3.359</span>, <span class="bibl">24.165</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.482</span>. [Hom. has ᾱ in simple Verb, ᾰ in compds., Trag. always <b class="b3">ᾰ;</b> later, ᾱ <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.16</span>,<span class="bibl">50</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R. 1.1183</span>, etc., ᾰ <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.73</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Cer.</span>137</span>, etc.]:—orig., [[reap corn]], abs., ἤμων ὀξείας δρεπάνας ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες <span class="bibl">Il.18.551</span>; ὑμνὸν ἀμάειν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>392</span>; θερίζειν καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.47.12</span> (iii B.C.); ἥμενος ἀμήσεις <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>480</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἤμησαν καλῶς</b> they [[reaped]] abundantly, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 1044</span>: c.acc., μάλα κεν βαθὺ λήϊον . . εἰς ὥρας ἀμῷεν <span class="bibl">Od.9.135</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn. 107</span>; ὡς ἀμήσων τὸν σῖτον <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.199</span>; τἀλλότριον ἀρῶν θέρος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>392</span>.</span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph., ἐλευθερίαν ἀμώμεθα Plu.2.210b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[cut]], λαχνήεντ' ὄροφον λειμωνόθεν ἀμήσαντες <span class="bibl">Il.24.451</span>; θαλλὸν ἀμάσας <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.73</span>:—Med., σχοῖνον ἀμησάμενος <span class="title">AP</span>4.1.26 (Mel.); στάχυν ἀμήσονται <span class="bibl">A.R.1.688</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>164</span>; ἀμῶνται <span class="bibl">Q.S.14.199</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[mow down]] in battle. <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1187</span>,<span class="bibl">1</span>&lt;*&gt;<span class="bibl">82</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.362.25: fut. Med. [[ἀμάσεται]] is cited from S. (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>625</span>) in this sense by Hsch.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἀμάω</span> (B), mostly Ep. in Med., <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[draw]], [[gather]] (cf. <b class="b3">ἐξ-, ἐπ-, καταμάομαι</b>), ταλάροισιν ἀμησάμενοι [γάλα] <span class="bibl">Od.9.247</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.3.859</span>; ἀλλότριον κάματον σφετέρην ἐς γαστέρ' ἀμῶνται <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>599</span>; ἀμήσατο γαῖαν ἀμφ' αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1305</span>: metaph., ἀρετήν <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>5.169b</span>:—Act., <b class="b3">χερσὶν ἀμήσας κρατὸς ὕπερθε κόνιν</b>, of a mourner, [[pouring]] dust on his head, <span class="title">AP</span>7.241 (Antip.).—Poet. and later Prose. (Cl. Lith. [[sémti]] 'draw (water)'.)</span>