1. ἠμύω · ēmyō — Beekes
The corpus record
ἠμύω
emuo
to bow down, perish
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Where it lives
- Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. ἠμύω · ēmyō — Chantraine
3. ἠμύω · ēmyō — Frisk
4. ἠμύω · ēmyō — LSJ
bow down, sink, Hom., only in Il., ἑτέρωσʼ ἤμυσε κάρη πήληκι βαρυνθέν 8.308; ἤμυσε καρήατι, of a horse, 19.405; of a corn-field, ἐπί τʼ ἠμύει ἀσταχύεσσιν 2.148: metaph., of cities, totter, fall, τῶ κε τάχʼ ἠμύσειε πόλις Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος ib. 373; rare in Trag., χρόνῳ δʼ . . ἤμυσε στέγος S. Fr. 864; later, simply, fall, perish, οὔνομα δʼ οὐκ ἤμυσε Λεωνίδου AP 7.715 (Leon.).
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.)
In the wild
- ἤμυσεν · ēmysen Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.3 (DIORISIS sentence 581)
- ἤμυσε · ēmyse Iliad 19.405
- ἠμύει · ēmyei Iliad 2.148
- ἠμύσειε · ēmyseie Iliad 2.373
- ἠμύσειε · ēmyseie Iliad 4.290
- ἤμυσε · ēmyse Iliad 8.308
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠμύω (scan p. 567; entry #2470).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠμύω (scan p. 427; entry #3016).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἠμύω (scan p. 669; entry #2345).