σίνομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Aeol. [[σίννομαι]] dub. in Sapph.12; 2sg. pres. or aor. subj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> σίνηαι Od.12.139: Ion. impf. <b class="b3">σινέσκετο, -οντο</b>, Hes.''Fr.''117, Od.6.6: fut. σινήσομαι [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Hp.''Mul.''1.52: aor. 3pl. ἐσίναντο Hdt.8.31, -έατο Id.7.147 codd.:—codd. give a form σινέομαι in Hdt.4.123, 5.81, Hp. ''Morb.''4.41,53, etc.; but [[σίνομαι]] is the only form in Hom., and prob. should be restored everywhere:—Act. [[σίνω]] Ion. for [[βλάπτω]] acc. to Gal.15.662; [[σίνομαι]] Pass., ''IG''22.1126.42 (Amphict. Delph.), Orph. ''A.''211. [ῑ in the Verb (exc. perhaps in Sapph.12); ῐ in [[σίνις]], [[σίνος]], ἀσῐνής.]<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[harm]], [[hurt]], [[do]] one [[harm]] or [[mischief]], Hom., only in Od. (but v. infr. ''ΙΙ'', and cf. [[σίντης]]), of plunderers and marauders, <b class="b3">οἵ σφεας σινέσκοντο</b>, of the Cyclopes who [[used to plunder]] the Phaeacians, Od.6.6; <b class="b3">ὅτε μοι σίνοιτό γ' ἑταίρους</b>, of Scylla [[destroying]] Odysseus' comrades, 12.114; <b class="b3">εἰ δέ κε σίνηαι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">Ἠελίου βόας</b>) 11.112, cf. ἀσινής; οὐ σινέσκετο καρπόν Hes.''Fr.''117; in later Ep., <b class="b3">ἀλώπηξ.. σινομένα τὰν τρώξιμον</b> [[plundering]] the grapes, Theoc.1.49; σ. ἔπαυλα καὶ.. ἄνδρας ''AP''6.262 (Leon.), cf.A.R.1.951,1260, etc.; in Prose, [[pillage]], [[waste]] a country, Hdt.5.74, 6.97, 8.31; τὴν Μηδικήν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.5.4; [[waste]], [[destroy]] the crops, Hdt.1.17, 4.123; αἰ δέ κα σίνηται [τοὺς καρπούς], ἀποτεισάτω τὰ ἐπιτίμια ὁ σινόμενος ''GDI''5040.28 (Crete), cf. ''Tab.Heracl.''1.129, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 3.3.15; ἐὰν ὑποζύγιον.. σίνηταί τι τῶν πέλας Pl.''Lg.''936e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[injure]], αἰδώς, ἥ τ' ἄνδρας μέγα σίνεται Hes.''Op.''318 (interpol. in Il.24.45, v. Sch.), cf. Phld.''Piet.''p.93 G.; [ὁ κροκόδειλος] οὐδὲν σ. τὸν τροχίλον Hdt.2.68; <b class="b3">τὴν ἕδραν τοῦ ἵππου μὴ σ.</b> not to [[hurt]] his back, X. ''Eq.''12.9, cf. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 9.18.3; <b class="b3">αἰ δὲ σίναιτο ἀφακεσάσθω</b> if he [[damages]] the utensils, he must make it good, ''Mnemos.''57.208 (Argos, vi B.C.); especially in war, [[injure]], [[harass]], σ. τὸν στρατόν Hdt.5.27; <b class="b3">τοὺς πολεμίους μέγα σ.</b> Id.7.147, cf. 9.49, X.''An.''3.4.16; opp. [[ὠφελεῖν]], Id.''Lac.''12.5.—Never in Trag., once in Pl., freq. in X.; once in non-literary Pap., ''BGU''248.17 (i A.D.).