ἰαίνω (iaino)

Where it lives

Odyssey 11 · 1.27/10k
Iliad 9 · 0.81/10k

What it meant — LSJ

heat

heat, ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ πυρὶ χαλκὸν ἰήνατε Od. 8.426:—Pass., ἰαίνετο δʼ ὕδωρ 10.359.

2 melt, melt

melt, ἰαίνετο κηρός 12.175: metaph., θυμὸν ἰαίνειν melt the heart, Il. 24.119.

b relax by warmth

relax by warmth, Hp. Mul. 1.69 (Pass.).

3 warm, cheer, unfolded, take delight in

more freq. (cf. Plu. Frig. 2.947d) warm, cheer, κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἰαίνειν h.Cer. 435; θυμὸν ἰαίνειν τινί Od. 15.379, Pi. O. l.c., cf. Theoc. 7.29; καρδίαν Alcm. 36, Pi. P. 1.11; νόον ib. 2.90:—more freq. in Pass., ἵνα . . σὺ φρεσὶ σῇσιν ἰανθῇς Il. 19.174; θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἰάνθη Od. 4.549; εἰς ὅ κε σὸν κῆρ ἰανθῇ 22.59; ἦτορ ἰανθέν Anacreont. 48.2: c. dat., σοὶ . . μετὰ φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἰάνθη Il. 23.600, cf. 24.321, etc.; θυμὸν ἰάνθης Od. 23.47; χοροῖσι φρένα ἰανθείς B. 16.131; μέτωπον ἰάνθη her bro

II heal, save

later, = ἰάομαι, heal, save, τινὰ ὀδυνάων Q.S. 10.327; ὑπὲκ κακοῦ ἰαίνονται Id. 4.402.—Ep. and Lyr. word; Trag. only Phryn.Trag. 1, ἰαίνεται· χολοῦται, πικραίνεται, παρὰ τὸν ἰόν (cf. Hsch.).

In the wild

ἰάνθη · ianthē Iliad 15.103
ἰανθῇς · ianthēis Iliad 19.174
ἰάνθη · ianthē Iliad 23.598
ἰάνθη · ianthē Iliad 23.600
ἰήνῃ · iēnēi Iliad 24.119
ἰήνῃ · iēnēi Iliad 24.147

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἰαίνω (scan p. 466; entry #3286).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰαίνω (scan pp. 734-735; entry #2531).

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