στεῦμαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Epic Verb, used by Hom. only in 3sg. pres. and impf., [[στεῦται]], [[στεῦτο]], once by A. in 3sg. [[στεῦται]]; 1sg. [[στεῦμαι]] cj. for [[ὑπισχνοῦμαι]] in Orph.''L.''82, 3pl. impf. στεῦντο Maiist.60:—In Il. always with inf. fut., make as if one would... promise or threaten that one will.., στεῦται γάρ τι ἔπος ἐρέειν Il.3.83; στεῦτο γὰρ εὐχόμενος νικησέμεν 2.597; στεῦται γὰρ νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα 9.241; στεῦτο γὰρ.. οἰσέμεν ἔντεα καλά 18.191; στεῦτο.. ἀπολεψέμεν οὔατα χαλκῷ 21.455; ἐμοί τε καὶ Ἥρῃ στεῦτ' ἀγορεύων Τρωσὶ μαχήσεσθαι 5.832; once with inf. aor., <b class="b3">στεῦται δ' Ὀδυσῆος ἀκοῦσαι</b> [[declares]] he has heard of O., Od.17.525; στεῦται.. ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον Ἑλλάδι A.''Pers.''49 (anap.); with inf. pres., <b class="b3">στεῦται δ' Ἠελίου γόνος ἔμμεναι</b> [[boasts]] that he is... A.R.2.1204; with acc. and inf. pres., <b class="b3">στεῦντο θεοπλήγεσσιν ἐοικότας εἰδώλοισιν ἔμμεναι ἢ λάεσσιν</b> [[declared]] that they were... Maiist. [[l.c.]]: abs. once in Od., <b class="b3">στεῦτο δὲ διψάων, πιέειν δ' οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι</b> he [[made eager efforts]] in his thirst, 11.584. (Aristarch. seems to have connected it with [[ἵστημι]]: <b class="b3">τὸ στεῦτο κατὰ διάνοιαν ὡρίζετο, οὐκ ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν ποδῶν στάσεως</b>, Sch.Il.2.597, cf. Apollon. ''Lex.'', [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: but more prob. [[στεῦτο]] (from *στεῦστο with dissimilation) corresponds to Ved. [[astoṣṭa]] 'solemnly proclaimed concerning himself', 3sg. sigmatic aor. middle of stu-.)