αἴνυμαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. Verb, only in pres. and impf. without augm.:— [[take]], αἴνυτο τεύχε' ἀπ' ὤμων <span class="bibl">Il.11.580</span>, <span class="bibl">13.550</span>; ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξον <span class="bibl">Od.21.53</span>; <b class="b3">χεῖρας αἰνύμεναι</b> [[taking hold of]], <span class="bibl">22.500</span>: c. gen. partit., τυρῶν αἰνυμένους <span class="bibl">9.225</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἀλλά μ' Ὀδυσσῆος πόθος αἴνυται</b> a longing [[seizes]] me for him, <span class="bibl">14.144</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>41</span>; [[enjoy]], [[feed on]], καρπόν <span class="bibl">Simon.5.17</span>. (Root <b class="b3">αἰ-</b>, as in <b class="b3">ἔξ-αι-τος</b>.)</span>