αἴνυμαι

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English (LSJ)

poet. Verb, only in pres. and impf. without augm.:—

   A take, αἴνυτο τεύχε' ἀπ' ὤμων Il.11.580, 13.550; ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξον Od.21.53; χεῖρας αἰνύμεναι taking hold of, 22.500: c. gen. partit., τυρῶν αἰνυμένους 9.225: metaph., ἀλλά μ' Ὀδυσσῆος πόθος αἴνυται a longing seizes me for him, 14.144, cf. Hes.Sc.41; enjoy, feed on, καρπόν Simon.5.17. (Root αἰ-, as in ἔξ-αι-τος.)