ἐπόρνυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=and ἐπορνύω, aor. 1 <b class="b3">-ῶρσα</b>, poet. Verb, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">stir up, arouse, excite</b>, <b class="b3">ὅς μοι ἐπῶρσε μένος</b> who <b class="b2">called up</b> my might, <span class="bibl">Il.20.93</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">rouse and send against</b>, ἄγρει μάν οἱ ἔπορσον Ἀθηναιην <span class="bibl">5.765</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.21.100</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>12</span> : c. inf., οἶον ἐπόρσειαν πολεμίζειν Ἕκτορι <span class="bibl">Il.7.42</span> ; also of things, τὴν [ὀϊζύν] μοι ἐπῶρσε Ποσειδάων <span class="bibl">Od.7.271</span> ; οἱ ἐπώρνυε μόρσιμον ἦμαρ <span class="bibl">Il.15.613</span> ; ἥ σφιν ἐπῶρσ' ἄνεμον <span class="bibl">Od.5.109</span> ; <b class="b3">τῇ τις θεὸς ὕπνον ἐπῶρσε</b> [[sent]] sleep [[upon]] her, <span class="bibl">Od.22.429</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.12.252</span> (tm.); λαίλαπας <span class="bibl">Cerc.5.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., ἐπόρνῠμαι, with pf. <b class="b3">ἐπόρωρα</b>, later 3sg. <b class="b3">ἐπώρορε</b> Pancr.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1085.15 : 3sg.Ep.aor. 2 Pass. <b class="b3">ἐπῶρτο</b>:—<b class="b2">rise against, fly upon</b> one, c. dat., ἦ καὶ ἐπῶρτ' Ἀχιλῆϊ <span class="bibl">Il.21.324</span> : abs., ἐπὶ δ' ὄρνυτο δῖος Ἐπειός <span class="bibl">23.689</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">759</span>, <span class="bibl">Euph.23</span> : c. acc. cogn., τόνδ' ἐπόρνυται στόλον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>187</span> ; of things, c. inf., ὦρτο δ' ἐπὶ..οὖρος ἀήμεναι <span class="bibl">Od.3.176</span> ; ἐπὶ δίψος ὄρωρεν <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>774</span>.</span>