σμύχω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῡ], aor. [[ἔσμυξα]] (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Il.9.653</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.253 (Paul.Sil.) (simple <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> σμῦξαι Hsch.):—Pass., aor. 1 [[ἐσμύχθην]] (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Theoc.8.90</span>; aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἐσμύγην [ῠ]</b> (ἀπ-) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>6.3</span>: pf. [[ἔσμυγμαι]] (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Hld.7.21</span>:— <b class="b2">burn in a slow, smouldering fire, make</b> a thing [[smoulder away]] (cf. [[κατασμύχω]]): metaph. of grief, τεῖρ' ὀδύνη σμύχουσα <span class="bibl">A.R.3.762</span>; <b class="b3">κῆρ ἄχεϊ σμύχουσα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">446</span>:—Pass., [[smoulder away]], Ἴλιος πυρὶ σμύχοιτο <span class="bibl">Il.22.411</span>; by the fires of love, <span class="bibl">Mosch.<span class="title">Fr.</span>2.4</span>; by suspicion, <span class="bibl">Hld. 1.16</span>; πυρετὸς -όμενος Gal.11.25; <b class="b3">σμύχονται σάρκες</b> [[are shrivelled]], <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.8</span>.</span>