bodily strength, force βία, Ion. βίη[ῐ], ἡ: Ep. dat. A. βίηφι Od. 6.6 :—bodily strength, force, Hom. , etc.; χειρῶν βία B. 10.91 :—in Hom. , periphr. of strong men, βίη Ἡρακληείη Il. 2.658 ,
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bodily strength, force βία, Ion. βίη[ῐ], ἡ: Ep. dat. A. βίηφι Od. 6.6 :—bodily strength, force, Hom. , etc.; χειρῶν βία B. 10.91 :—in Hom. , periphr. of strong men, βίη Ἡρακληείη Il. 2.658 ,
manly, heroic, ἀγήν-ωρ, Dor. ἀγάνωρ,ορος,ὁ,ἡ, (ἀγα-, ἀνήρ) poet.Adj. A. manly, heroic, θυμός Il. 2.276 , 12.300 ; κραδίη καὶ θυμὸς ἀ. 9.635 , etc.;βίῃ καὶ ἀγήνορι θυμῷ εἴξας,of a lion, 24.42 :
unmoved, unshaken, ἀστεμφής,ές, A. unmoved, unshaken, βουλή Il. 2.344 ; βίη A.R. 4.1375 ;ἀστεμφὲς ἔχεσκε [τὸ σκῆπτρον] he held itstiff, Il. 3.219 ; οὐδός Hes. Th. 812 ; ἀ. οἵη νέκυς Opp. H.
of Heracles Ἡράκλειος,α,ον, alsoος,ον S. Tr. 51 ; Ep. ἠπιο-ήειος, in Ion. Proseἠπιο-ήϊος,η,ον:— A. of Heracles,βίη Ἡρακληείη, i.e.Heracles himself, Il. 11.690 , al., Theoc. 25.154 , etc.;Ἡ. στῆλαιt
maltreat, distress κᾰκόω, A. maltreat, distress, in Hom. always of persons, κεκακωμένοι ἐν Πύλῳ ἦμεν, ἐλθὼν γάρ ῥ' ἐκάκωσε βίη Ἡρακληείη Il. 11.689 ;μηδὲ . . κάκου κεκακωμένον afflictnotthe afflict
strength, vigour κάρτος,εος,τό, Ep. and Dor. forκράτος(for which it isv.l. in Hdt. 8.2 ), A. strength, vigour, κάρτεϊ καὶ σθένεϊ σφετέρῳ Il. 17.322 ; κάρτος τε βίη τε Od. 6.197 ;violence, force,
drink made from millet and παρα-βίας,ου , ὁ(orπαρα-βίη,ἡ), A. drink made from millet and κόνυζα, Hecat. 154 J.
lame, γυιόω, (γυιός) A. lame, γυιώσω . . ὑφ' ἅρμασιν ὠκέας ἵππους Il. 8.402 , cf. 416 ;wound, Nic. Th. 731 ; γυιωθείς lame, Hes. Th. 858 , cf. Hp. Art. 52 ;weaken, reduce, Id. Acut. 59 ;γ. βίη
as, a, ἀπούρας, Homericaor. part. Act. , cf. A. ἀπούραις Pi. P. 4.149 :aor.ind.ἀπηύρων, as, a, Hom. ; pl. ἀπηύρων Il. 1.430 :aor. part. Med. ἀπουράμενος Hes. Sc. 173 :fut. ἀπουρήσω Il. 2
goodness, excellence, ἀρετή[ᾰ],ἡ, A. goodness, excellence,of any kind, in Hom. esp. ofmanlyqualities, ποδῶν ἀρετὴν ἀναφαίνων Il. 20.411 ; ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι καὶ νόον 1
tongue γλῶσσα, Ion. γλάσσα, Herod. 3.84 , al., SIG 1002.7 (Milet.), Schwyzer 692 (Chios), Att. γλῶττα,ης,ἡ, A. tongue, Od. 3.332 , etc. b. γ. λάρυγγος, = γλωττίς ,larynx, Gal. UP 7.13 . 2. tongu
overpower δαμάζω A. Ch. 324 (lyr.), etc.:fut. A. δαμάσω AP 6.329 ( Leon. ); Ep. δαμάσσω Il. 22.176 , alsoδαμᾷ, δαμάᾳ, 1.61 , 22.271 ;3 pl. δαμόωσι 6.368 (v.δαμάω):aor. 1 ἐδάμᾰσα Pi. N. 7
that which is seen: form, shape εἶδος,εος,τό, (εἴδωA) A. that which is seen: form, shape, freq. in Hom. , of the humanformorfigure, esp. abs. in acc. with Adjs.,εἶδος ἄριστος, ἀγητός, κακός, Il. 3.39
give way, retire εἴκω, Il. 12.48 , etc.:impf. A. εἶκον 16.305 (ὑπό-), Hdt. 8.3 :fut. εἴξω Th. 1.141 , etc.:aor. 1 εἶξα Il. 24.718 , etc., poet.ἔειξαor ἔϝειξα Alcm. 31 , Ion. εἴξασκε Od.
váśmi ἑκών,ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν: ( A. ϝέκ- IG 9(1).334.12 ( Locr. ), GDI 5131b (Crete), cf.γεκαθά; cf. Skt.váśmi'wish'):—readily, Od. 4.649 , etc.; freq. contrasted with ἄκων, ἑ. ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ Il. 4.43
vácas ἔπος, olderϝέπος SIG 9 (v. infr.), etc.,εος , τό(Skt. A. vácas'word', 'hymn', cf.εἶπον): I. word, παύρῳ ἔπειin shortutterance, Pi. O. 13.98 ; ἐπέων κόσμος Parm. 8.52 , Democr. 21 ; ἔπους σ
check ἔχω(A),2 sg. ἔχεισθαcj. in Thgn. 1316 (ἔχοισθαcod.),ἔχῃσθαcj. in Sapph. 21 (ἔχεισθαcod.);2 sg. subj. A. ἔχῃσθα Il. 19.180 :impf. εἶχον, Ep. ἔχον Od. 2.22 , al., Ion. and poet. ἔχεσκον Il
attain ἡβ-άω, Cret.ἡβίω Leg.Gort. 7.41 ,al., Aeol. (?)ἀβάωHdn.Gr. 2.16 , Alc. Supp. 7.11 (dub.); Ep. opt.ἡβώοιμι,part. ἡβώων(v. infr.):impf. A. ἥβων Ar. V. 357 :fut. -ήσω(ἐφ-) X. Cyr. 6.1.12 , Do
come ἵκω[v. sub fin.], chiefly Ep. , Lyr., and Dor. , never in Hdt. or Trag. (in A. Supp. 176 Pors. restoredἥκετε); cf.ἱκάνω, ἱκνέομαι; Dor. , Arc. ἵκω IG 4.329 (Corinth), 952.16 (Epid.), Schwyzer 3
κατέχω , fut. καθέξω (of duration) Il. 18.332 , κατασχήσω (of momentary action) Hdt. 5.72 , Th. 4.42 : aor. κατέσχον , poet. κατέσχεθον Hes. Th. 575 , S. El. 754 ; Ep. 3 sg. κάσχεθε Il. 11.702 , Aeol.
stronger, mightier κρείσσων,ον, gen.ονος, as always in Ep. and old Att. ; later Att. κρείττων; Ion. κρέσσων Hp. Fract. 3 , al.,v.l. in Dionys.Trag. (v. infr. 11 ); Dor. κάρρων(q.v.); Cret.κάρτων
might, force μένος,εος,τό, A. might, force, μή μ' ἀπογυιώσῃς μένεος, ἀλκῆς τε λάθωμαι Il. 6.265 ; μ. χειρῶν 5.506 (more freq. μ. καὶ χεῖρες 6.502 , al.); μ. καὶ γυῖα 6.27 . 2. of animals,str
infant, child, νήπῐος,α( Sor. 1.7 , al.), Ion. η,ον, alsoος,ον Lyc. 638 :— A. infant, child,freq. in Hom. , νήπιον, οὔ πω εἰδόθ' ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο Il. 9.440 ; νήπια τέκνα 2.136 , etc.; βρέφος ἔτ
any assembled crowd, throng of people, ὅμῑλ-ος, Aeol. ὄμιλλος EM 658.55 :ὁ: (ὁμός, ἴλη) A. any assembled crowd, throng of people,for a feast, Od. 1.225 ; for a spectacle, Il. 18.603 , 23.651 , cf.