ἠμύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=aor. ἤμυσα (v. infr.): pf. part. [[ἠμυκώς]] Sch.Nic.''Th.''626; cf. <b class="b3">ὑπ-εμνήμυκε</b>:—Ep. Verb,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bow down]], [[sink]], Hom., only in Il., ἑτέρωσ' ἤμυσε κάρη πήληκι βαρυνθέν 8.308; <b class="b3">ἤμυσε καρήατι</b>, of a horse, 19.405; of a corn-field, ἐπί τ' ἠμύει ἀσταχύεσσιν 2.148: metaph., of cities, [[totter]], [[fall]], <b class="b3">τῶ κε τάχ' ἠμύσειε πόλις Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος</b> ib.373; rare in Trag., χρόνῳ δ'.. ἤμυσε στέγος S.''Fr.''864; later, simply, [[fall]], [[perish]], οὔνομα δ' οὐκ ἤμυσε Λεωνίδου ''AP''7.715 (Leon.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[cause to fall]], [[ruin]], πόλιν Musae.''Fr.''22. (In Hom. ῠ in pres., ῡ in aor. 1; but ῡ in pres. κατ-ημύουσιν A.R.3.1400, cf. Opp.''H.''1.228, Nic.''Al.''453; ῠ in aor., ''AP''9.262 (Phil.), but ῡ ib.7.715 (v. supr.); cf. [[ἀμύω]], [[ἐπημύω]].)