θεμόω
From LSJ
English (LSJ)
only in phrase [νῆα] θέμωσε . . χέρσον ἱκέσθαι
A drove the ship ashore, stranded her, Od.9.486; but in ib.542, drove her landwards, i.e. towards her destination: cf. θεμούς· διαθέσεις, παραινέσεις, Hsch., who also has θεμῶν· θελήμων.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1195] zum Gesetz (θέμις) machen u. dadurch nöthigen, übh. zwingen, Od. 9, 486. 542; Hesych. erkl. ἠνάγκασε u. ἐγγίσαι ἐπσίησε, indem er den Zusammenhang der Stellen vor Augen hat.