βέομαι
έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά → Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless | Tell him yourself, poor brother, what it is you need! For abundance of words, bringing delight or being full of annoyance or pity, can sometimes lend a voice to those who are speechless.
English (LSJ)
and βείομαι, Homeric subj. used as fut., I
A shall live, οὔ τι Διὸς βέομαι φρεσίν Il.15.194; οὐδ' αὐτὸς δηρὸν βέῃ 16.852, cf. 24.131; τί νυ βείομαι αἰνὰ παθοῦσα ; 22.431. (Cf. βιόμεσθα, βίονται (v. βιόω), whence βίομαι, βίε' should perh. be restored in Hom.)
