ὀπυίω

Act., of the man, marry, take to wife (= τὸ κατὰ νόμον μίγνυσθαι, Hsch. s.v. βεινεῖν), τὴν Εὔμηλος ὄπυιε Od. 4.798, cf. 2.207, Il. 16.178 ; πρεσβυτάτην δʼ ὤπυιε 13.429, cf. 18.383 ; τοῦ γὰρ ὀπυίεις παῖδα Hes. Sc. 356 ; δῶκεν ὀπυίειν θυγατέρα ἥν Id. Th. 819, cf. Pi. I. 4(3).59, Ar. l.c.; αἰ δέ κα . . ὁ ἐπιβάλλων ἡβίονσαν λείονσαν ὀπυίεθθαι μὴ λῇ ὀπυίεν if . . the man whose right it is does not wish to marry her, though she is of marriageable age and willing to marry, Leg.Gort. 7.42 : abs., πέντε

Pass., of the woman, to be married, τόν ῥʼ ἐξ Αἰσύμηθεν ὀπυιομένη τέκε μήτηρ Il. 8.304, cf. Solon. ap. Plu. Sol. 20 ; αἰ κύσαιτο καὶ τέκοι ϝοικέα μὴ ὀπυιομένα Leg.Gort. 4.19 : c. dat., αἰ δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ αὖτιν ὀπυίοιτο πρὸ τῶ ἐνιαυτῶ ib. 4.

later, in Act., merely to have connexion with a woman, Cerc. l.c., Luc. Eun. 12, Merc.Cond. 41, etc.:—Pass., of the woman, οὐκ ὀπύουσιν ἀλλʼ ὀπύονται [γυναῖκες] Arist. l.c., cf. AP 10.56.7 (Pall.); ἔνθʼ ἂν εὕρῃ τὸν ἄρρενα ὑπὸ τῆς θηλείας ὀπυιόμενον D.H. 19.2. (ὀπύ(σ)yω, cf. ὀπυσ-τύς and perh. Skt. pusyati ‘nourish’, ‘maintain’.)