1. χραισμέω · chraismeō — Beekes
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χραισμέω
chraismeo
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Where it lives
- Iliad 19 · 1.7/10k
What it meant
2. χραισμέω · chraismeō — Chantraine
3. χραισμέω · chraismeō — Chantraine
4. χραισμέω · chraismeō — Frisk
5. χραισμ-έω · chraism-eō — LSJ
prop. ward off something destructive from one, c. acc. rei et dat. pers., οὐ κορύνη οἱ ὄλεθρον χραῖσμε σιδηρείη Il. 7.144; οὐδέ τί οἱ χραισμήσει λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον 20.296; τοῖς οὔ τις δύνατο χραισμῆσαι ὄλεθρον Τρώων 11.120: once c. acc. pers. (supplied), μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμωσιν [με] ἆσσον ἰόνθʼ keep [me] off from you, 1.566.
more freq. c. dat. pers. only, defend, succour (though the notion of warding off injury is always implied), freq. in Il., 1.28, 5.53, al.: c. neut. Adj., χραισμεῖν τι assist, avail at all, 1.242, 21.193, al.; abs., 14.66, 15.652.—Hom. uses χραισμεῖν with negs. expressed or implied (in Il. 21.193, εἰ δύναταί τι χραισμεῖν is ironical for οὔτι χ. δύναται), cf. 15.32. In positive clauses first in A.R. 2.249, al.; imper. χραίσμετε Id. 2.218. (Said by Sch. A.R. 2.218 to belong to the dialect of the Cl
In the wild
- χραισμεῖν · chraismein Iliad 1.242
- χραίσμῃ · chraismēi Iliad 1.28
- χραίσμωσιν · chraismōsin Iliad 1.566
- χραισμεῖν · chraismein Iliad 1.589
- χραισμεῖν · chraismein Iliad 11.117
- χραισμῆσαι · chraismēsai Iliad 11.120
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χραισμέω (scan pp. 1697-1698; entry #6603).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χραισμέω (scan p. 1291; entry #8794).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χραισμέω (scan p. 2087; entry #6135). Root candidates: *yoat-.
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