γανάω (ganao)

Where it lives

Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

glitter, gleam, look fresh and smiling

glitter, gleam, of metals; Hom. always in Ep. part., θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες Il. 13.265; κόρυθες λαμπρὸν γανόωσαι 19.359: hence, look fresh and smiling, πρασιαὶ . . ἐπηετανὸν γανόωσαι, of garden-beds, Od. 7.128; νάρκισσον . . γανόωντα h.Cer. 10; χαλκῷ γανάοντας ἐφήβους Mus.Belg. 16.70 (Attica, ii A. D.); ὀφθαλμοὶ γανόωντες, in phthisis, Aret. SD 1.8.

2 exult, rejoice

exult, rejoice, Opp. H. 1.659.

II make bright

trans., make bright, Arat. 190; cf. γανάσσαι· σμῆξαι, ἡδῦναι, Hsch.

2 glorifying

γανάοντες glorifying, A. Supp. 1019 (cj., cod. γανάεντες).

In the wild

γανόωντες · ganoōntes Iliad 13.265
γανόωσαι · ganoōsai Iliad 19.359
γανόωσαι · ganoōsai Odyssey 7.128

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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