1. ἀμέρδω · amerdō — Beekes
The corpus record
ἀμέρδω
amerdo
to deprive of (IL). <1£ *h,merd- ‘cause injury
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Where it lives
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
- Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
- Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
What it meant
2. ἀμέρδω · amerdō — Chantraine
3. ἀμέρδω · amerdō — Frisk
4. ἀμέρδω · amerdō — Frisk
5. ἀμέρδω · amerdō — LSJ
deprive, bereave one of something properly belonging to one, c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, ὀφθαλμῶν μὲν ἄμερσε Od. 8.64 (v. l.); εὖτʼ ἂν δὴ Κύκνον γλυκερῆς αἰῶνος ἀμέρσῃς Hes. Sc. 331, cf. Simon. 117; εἰ μὴ στάσις . . σʼ ἄμερσε πάτρας Pi. O. 12.16: also c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, τιμὴν ἤμερσεν Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντας h.Cer. 312: also c. acc. et dat., ὀφθαλμῶν σέλας ἤμερσε βροτοῖσιν Man. 6.550:—Pass., to be bereft of, φίλης αἰῶνος ἀμερθῇς Il. 22.58; οὐδέ τι δαιτὸς ἀμέρδεαι Od. 21.290; τὸ ἧπαρ τῆς ἐκ
c. acc. pers. only, bereave of natural rights, τὸν ὁμοῖον ἀμέρσαι Il. 16.53; ὄσσε δʼ ἄμερδεν αὐγὴ χαλκείη blinded the eyes, ib. 13.340, cf. Hes. Th. 698; ἔντεα πατρὸς καλά, τὰ . . καπνὸς ἀμέρδει robs of their lustre, tarnishes, Od. 19.18.
Act. in pass. sense, lose, βίον E. Hec. 1027 (lyr.).
later, = ἀμέργω, pluck, λειμώνιον ἄνθος ἀμέρσας (cj. Scalig.) AP 7.657 (Leon.). (ἀ- euph., cf. μέρδει.)
In the wild
- ἀμέρσας · amersas Euripides, Hecuba 1025 (DIORISIS sentence 575)
- ἀμέρσῃς · amersēis Shield of Heracles 331–335
- ἄμερδε · amerde Theogony 696–699
- ἄμερδεν · amerden Iliad 13.340
- ἀμέρσαι · amersai Iliad 16.53
- ἀμερθῇς · amerthēis Iliad 22.58
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀμέρδω (scan p. 134; entry #454).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀμέρδω (scan p. 89; entry #475).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀμέρδω (scan p. 122; entry #441).
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