στεῦμαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Epic Verb, used by Hom. only in 3sg. pres. and impf., <b class="b3">στεῦται, στεῦτο</b>, once by A. in 3sg. <b class="b3">στεῦται</b>; 1sg. <b class="b3">στεῦμαι</b> cj. for <b class="b3">ὑπισχνοῦμαι</b> in <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>82</span>, 3pl. impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> στεῦντο <span class="bibl">Maiist.60</span>:—In Il. always with inf. fut., <b class="b2">make as if one would... promise</b> or <b class="b2">threaten that one will . .</b>, στεῦται γάρ τι ἔπος ἐρέειν <span class="bibl">Il.3.83</span>; στεῦτο γὰρ εὐχόμενος νικησέμεν <span class="bibl">2.597</span>; στεῦται γὰρ νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα <span class="bibl">9.241</span>; στεῦτο γὰρ . . οἰσέμεν ἔντεα καλά <span class="bibl">18.191</span>; στεῦτο . . ἀπολεψέμεν οὔατα χαλκῷ <span class="bibl">21.455</span>; ἐμοί τε καὶ Ἥρῃ στεῦτ' ἀγορεύων Τρωσὶ μαχήσεσθαι <span class="bibl">5.832</span>; once with inf. aor., <b class="b3">στεῦται δ' Ὀδυσῆος ἀκοῦσαι</b> <b class="b2">declares</b> he has heard of O., <span class="bibl">Od.17.525</span>; στεῦται . . ζυγὸν ἀμφιβαλεῖν δούλιον Ἑλλάδι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>49</span> (anap.); with inf. pres., <b class="b3">στεῦται δ' Ἠελίου γόνος ἔμμεναι</b> <b class="b2">boasts</b> that he is... <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1204</span>; with acc. and inf. pres., <b class="b3">στεῦντο θεοπλήγεσσιν ἐοικότας εἰδώλοισιν ἔμμεναι ἢ λάεσσιν</b> <b class="b2">declared</b> that they were... Maiist. l.c.: abs. once in Od., <b class="b3">στεῦτο δὲ διψάων, πιέειν δ' οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι</b> he <b class="b2">made eager efforts</b> in his thirst, <span class="bibl">11.584</span>. (Aristarch. seems to have connected it with <b class="b3">ἵστημι</b>: <b class="b3">τὸ στεῦτο κατὰ διάνοιαν ὡρίζετο, οὐκ ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν ποδῶν στάσεως</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.2.597</span>, cf. Apollon. <span class="title">Lex.</span>, Hsch.: but more prob. <b class="b3">στεῦτο</b> (from <b class="b3">*στεῦστο</b> with dissimilation) corresponds to Ved. <b class="b2">astoṣ[tnull ]a</b> 'solemnly proclaimed concerning himself', 3sg. sigmatic aor. middle of <b class="b2">stu-</b>.) </span>