The corpus record

ἰχθυ-άω

ichthuao

fish, angle

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Where it lives

Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

ἰχθυ-άω · ichthy-aō — LSJ

fish, angle, fish for

fish, angle, mostly in Ep. pres. and impf., ἰχθυάασκον γναμπτοῖς ἀγκίστροισιν Od. 4.368: c. acc., fish for, αὐτοῦ δʼ ἰχθυάα . . δελφῖνας 12.95, cf. Opp. H. 1.426:—Med., Lyc. 46.

II sport

sport (like fish), δελφῖνες . . ἐθύνεον ἰχθυάοντες Hes. Sc. 210.

III to be made of fish

Pass., to be made of fish, ἰχθυώμενος ἄρτος (vulg. ἄργος) Horap. 1.14.

In the wild

ἰχθυάᾳ · ichthyaai Odyssey 12.95
ἰχθυάασκον · ichthyaaskon Odyssey 4.368

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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