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ὀμόργνυμι

omorgnumi

to give 504. a beating; to imprint

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Where it lives

Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. ὀμόργνυμι · omorgnymi — Beekes

ὀμόργνυμι, -μαι [ν.] ‘to wipe (oneself), dry (oneself), med. with ἐξ- also ‘to give 504. a beating; to imprint’. 41Ὲ *h,;merg- ‘wipe off> eVAR Aor. ὀμόρξαι, -ασθαι (IL), fut. ὀμόρξω, -ομαι, pass. aor. ὀμορχθῆναι, perf. ὥμοργμαι (Att, Arist.) *COMP In prose only with prefix, especially ἀπ-, é&-. *DER ἔξόμορξις [f.] ‘stamp, imprint, impression’ (Pl.), ἀπόμοργμα [n.] ‘which is wiped off (Eust.). *ETYM The Greek aor. … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀμόργνυμι, p. 1130]

2. ὀμόργνυμι · omorgnymi — Chantraine

ὀμόργνυμι : -μαι, aor. ὀμόρξαι, -ασθαι, fut. ὀμόρξω, -ouat, pass. aor. ὀμορχθῆναι, parf. ὥμοργμαι : Hom. a ὀμόργνυ (Il. 5, 416), -yvuvro (Od. 11,527), ὀμορξαμένη (Il. 18,124 etc.), cf. en outre Nic. Th. 558, Pythag. ap. D.L. 8,17 «essuyer ». Tous les autres exemples, notamment en att. ont des préverbes : ἀπ «essuyer, faire sortir en pressant » (Hom., att.), ëv- «laisser une empreinte » (tardif), ἐξ- «essuyer, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀμόργνυμι, p. 816]

3. ὁμόργνυμι · homorgnymi — Frisk

ὁμόργνυμι, -μαι, Aor. ὀμόρξαι, -acdaı (seit D.), Fut. ὀμόρξω, -onaı, Pass. Aor. ὀμορχϑῆναι, Perf. ὥμοργμαι (att., Arist.), in 300 ὁμός-- ὄμπνη ἃ. Prosa nur m. Präfix, bes. ἀπ-, ἐξ-, (sich) abwischen, (sich) abtrocknen’, m. ἐξ- im Med. auch ‘e-m etw. anwischen, aufprägen’. — Davon ἐξόμορξις f. “"Aufprägung, Abdruck, Eindruck’ (Pl.), ἀπόμοργμα τι. “das Abgewischte’” (Eust.). Zum Aor. ὀμόρξαι könnte der aind. Aor. … — [Frisk, s.v. ὁμόργνυμι, p. 1361]

4. ὀμόργ-νῡμι · omorg-nymi — LSJ

wipe, were drying their

wipe, aor. Act. opt. ὀμόρξαις Nic. Th. 558 ; cf. ὄμαρξον: —Med., δάκρυά τʼ ὠμόργνυντο were drying their tears, Od. 11.527, cf. 530 ; χερσὶ παρειάων δάκρυʼ ὀμορξαμένη Il. 18.124 ; θᾶκον ὀμόργνυσθαι Pythag. ap. D.L. 8.17. (The simple Verb is Ep., but ἀπ-, ἐξομόργνυμι are used also in Att.) (Cf. Skt. mrjáti ‘wipe’.)

In the wild

ὀμόργνυσθαι · omorgnysthai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7154)
ὀμορξάμενον · omorxamenon Epictetus, Discourses 4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 6963)
ὄμορξον · omorxon Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 129)
ὀμορξαμένην · omorxamenēn Iliad 18.124
ὀμόργνυ · omorgny Iliad 5.416
ὠμόργνυντο · ōmorgnynto Odyssey 11.527

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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. ὀμόργνυμι (scan p. 1130; entry #4559).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀμόργνυμι (scan p. 816; entry #5925).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀμόργνυμι (scan pp. 1361-1362; entry #4263).

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