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ἐμέω

emeo

to vomit

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Where it lives

Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Revelation 1 · 1.01/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. ἐμέω · emeō — Beekes

ἐμέω [v.] ‘to vomit’. eVAR Aor. ἐμέσί(σλαι (IL), perf. ἐμήμεκα (Hp., Luc.), fut. ἐμέσω (Hp.), sua, ἐμοῦμαι (Att.), pres. ἐμέθω (Hdn.). eCOMP Prefixed with ἀπ-, ἐξ-, év-, dmep-, etc. «DER Verbal nouns: ἔμετος ‘vomiting’ (Ion. Arist.) with the bahuvrihis av-, Svo-, evἔμετος, -ἥμετος (Hp. et al; also, directly from ἐμέω, δυσ-, εὐ-εμής, -ημής), κοπιριήμετος (Hp.); to ὑπερεμέω;: ὑπερέμετος (Hp.). … — [Beekes, s.v. ἐμέω, p. 463]

2. ἐμέω · emeō — Chantraine

ἐμέω : £. ἐμέσω (Ηρ.), ἐμῶ οἱ ἐμοῦμαι (att.), aor. ἔμεσσα (Hom.) et ἤμεσα (ion.-att.), pf. ἐμήμεκα (Hp., Luc., ete.); autre prés. ἐμέθω (Hdn.) «vomir»; volontiers avec les préverbes : ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐν-, mais ὑπερ- est douteux. Noms verbaux : ἔμετος «vomissements (Hdt.), ὑπερ- (Hp.) incertain ; avec les adjectifs composés ἀν-, δυσ-, eb-, — [Chantraine, s.v. ἐμέω, p. 357]

3. ἐμέω · emeō — Frisk

ἐμέω, Aor. ἐμέα(α αι (seit Il.), Perf. ἐμήμεκα (Hp., Luk. u.a.), Fut. ἐμέσω (Hp.), ἐμῶ, ἐμοῦμαι (att.), Präs. ἐμέϑω (Hdn.) ‘sich erbrechen’. Mit Präfix ἀπ-, ἐξ-, &v-, üneo- u.a. — Verbalnomina: 1. ἔμετος “das Erbrechen’ (ion., Arist.) mit den Bahuvrihi dv-, Övo-, ed-Eueros, -nueros (Hp. u.a.; auch, mit direkter Anknüpfung an ἐμέω, δυσ-, εὐ-εμής, -ημής), κοπριήμετος (Hp.); zu ὑπερεμέω : ὑπερέμετος (Hp.). Von ἔμετος : … — [Frisk, s.v. ἐμέω, p. 536]

4. ἐμέο · emeo — LSJ

5. ἐμέω · emeō — LSJ

vomit, throw up, vomit, be sick, to make oneself sick

vomit, throw up, αἷμʼ ἐμέων Il. 15.11, cf. Hdt. 7.88; ἐμοῦσα θρόμβους A. Eu. 184; ἰόν ib. 730: abs., vomit, be sick, Hdt. 1.133, X. An. 4.8.20; ἐμέειν ἀπὸ συρμαϊσμοῦ Hp. Art. 40; ἐ. πτίλῳ to make oneself sick with a feather, Ar. Ach. 587.

2 throw up a flood of words

metaph., throw up a flood of words, Eun. VS p.488 B. (ϝεμε-, cf. Skt. vámiti ‘vomit’, Lat. vomo, vomitus, Lith. vémti, etc.)

In the wild

ἐμοῦσα · emousa Aeschylus, Eumenides 179–184
ἐμεῖν · emein Aristophanes, Acharnians 2 (DIORISIS sentence 454)
ἐμεῖν · emein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8604)
ἐμημέκει · emēmekei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4711)
ἐμοῦσιν · emousin Epictetus, Discourses 1.26 (DIORISIS sentence 1415)
ἐμεῖ · emei Epictetus, Discourses 4.9 (DIORISIS sentence 7002)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἐμέω (scan pp. 463-464; entry #2044).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἐμέω (scan p. 357; entry #2468).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἐμέω (scan pp. 536-537; entry #1890).

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