μαιμάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(redupl., cf. <b class="b3">Μάω</b>), Ep. 3pl. <b class="b3">μαιμώωσι</b>, part. <b class="b3">μαιμώων, -ώωσα</b>, Hom. (v. infr.); Aeol. part. <b class="b3">μαιμάεντι· ἐνεργῶς κινουμένῳ</b>, Hsch.: Ep. aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> μαίμησα <span class="bibl">Il.5.670</span>:—Poet. Verb (Hom. only in Il.), <b class="b2">to be very eager, quiver with eagerness</b>, <b class="b3">μαίμησε δέ οἱ φίλον ἦτορ</b> Il.l.c.; μαιμώωσι πόδες καὶ χεῖρες <span class="bibl">13.75</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ δούρατι χεῖρες ἄαπτοι μαιμῶσιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">78</span>; μαιμώων ἔφεπ' ἔγχεϊ <span class="bibl">15.742</span>: metaph., of a spear, αἰχμὴ δὲ διέσσυτο μαιμώωσα <span class="bibl">5.661</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.542</span>; <b class="b3">δεινὸν μαιμώοντα</b> Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.77</span>: c. inf., λὶς μαιμώων χροὸς ἆσαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.253</span>, cf. Lyc.529, etc.: not common in Trag., <b class="b3">μαιμᾷ ὄφις</b> the snake <b class="b2">rages</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>895</span> (lyr.): c. gen., <b class="b3">χεῖρα μαιμῶσαν φόνου</b> <b class="b2">eager for</b> murder, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>50</span> (unless <b class="b3">φ</b>. goes with <b class="b3">ἐπέσχε</b>) ; μαιμώωσαι ἐδητύος <span class="bibl">A.R.2.269</span>: in late Prose, μαιμῶσα ἐπιθυμία <span class="bibl">Ph.1.305</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.391</span> (ap.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1173</span>):—Pass., <b class="b3">ἐς σίδηρον θύρσοι μαιμώοντο</b>, prob. <b class="b2">rushed into, were suddenly changed into</b>, iron, <span class="bibl">D.P.1156</span>.</span>