ποτάομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. Frequentat. of [[πέτομαι]], Ep. also [[ποτέομαι]] (imper. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ποτεῦ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1.50P.</span>) (v. infr.), also <span class="bibl">Alc.43</span>; Aeol. 2sg. πότῃ Sapph.41 (dub.); Dor. 3sg. ποτῆται <span class="bibl">Alcm.26.3</span>; Aeol. part. ποτήμενος <span class="bibl">Theoc. 29.30</span>: fut. ποτήσομαι <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.145</span> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]): aor. [[ἐποτήθην]], Dor. ποτάθην [ᾱ] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>476</span> (<b class="b3">ἀμ-</b>, lyr.): pf. [[πεπότημαι]], Dor. πεπόταμαι in lyr. passages of Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>668</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>378</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>564</span>:—[[fly hither and thither]], ὀρνίθων ἔθνεα… ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ποτῶνται <span class="bibl">Il.2.462</span>; νυκτερίδες… τρίζουσαι ποτέονται <span class="bibl">Od.24.7</span>; κεραυνοὶ… ποτέοντο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>691</span>; ποτώμεναι ἄλλοτε ἄλλῃ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>558</span>; in Trag. also simply = [[πέτομαι]], [[fly]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>576</span>, etc.; τὰ ποτήμενα συλλαβῆν Theoc. l. c.; of sounds, [βοὰ] π. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>84</span> (lyr.); ἐκ στομάτων π. εὐχά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>657</span> (lyr.): pf. (with pres. sense), to [[be upon the wing]], ψυχὴ δ'… ἀποπταμένη πεπότηται <span class="bibl">Od. 11.222</span>; [μέλισσαι] αἱ μέν τ' ἔνθα… πεποτήαται, αἱ δέ τε ἔνθα <span class="bibl">Il.2.90</span>; Ἔρις πεπότητο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>148</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., δεῖμα προστατήριον καρδίας… ποτᾶται [[hover]]s, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>977</span> (lyr.), cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>390</span> (lyr.); τοῖον ἐπὶ κνέφας ἀνδρὶ… π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>378</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>668</span> (lyr.); to [[be fluttered]], [[ἐπὶ]] τραγῳδίᾳ ἀνεπτερῶσθαι καὶ πεποτῆσθαι τὰς φρένας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1445</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span> 319</span>.</span>