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σεύω

seuo

put in quick motion, drive

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What it meant

σεύω · seuō — LSJ

put in quick motion, drive

poet. Verb (also in Ion. Prose, Hp. and Aret. (v. infr.)), put in quick motion, drive: esp.

1 hunt, chase, drive away

hunt, chase, Διωνύσοιο τιθήνας σεῦε κατʼ ἠγάθεον Νυσήϊον Il. 6.133; drive away, σεῦεν κύνας ἄλλυδις ἄλλον πυκνῇσιν λιθάδεσσιν Od. 14.35; σεύοντʼ (3 pl.) ἀγέλας βίᾳ B. 17.10: more freq. in Med., ὡς δʼ ὅτε κάπριον ἀμφὶ κύνες σεύωνται Il. 11.415, cf. 549, 3.26; ὥς τʼ . . ἄγριον αἶγα ἐσσεύαντο κύνες 15.272, cf. 20.148: metaph., σ. κακότητα ἀπὸ καρήνου h.Hom. 8.12; θάμβος με σ. Orph. L. 531.

2 set on, let loose at

set on, let loose at, ὅτε πού τις θηρητὴρ κύνας . . σεύῃ ἐπʼ ἀγροτέρῳ συΐ Il. 11.293.

3 drive, hurry away to, from a place, drove

drive or hurry away to or from a place, Αἰνείαν δʼ ἔσσευεν ἀπὸ χθονός 20.325; ἵππους ἐκ πεδίοιο 15.681; [τινὰ] κατʼ Ἰδαίων ὀρέων 20.189: c. inf., [ἡμιόνους] σεῦαν ποταμὸν παρὰ δινήεντα τρώγειν . . drove, Od. 6.89.

4 set in swift motion, sped, shed

set in swift motion, ὅλμον δʼ ὣς ἔσσευε [Πείσανδρον] κυλίνδεσθαι sped him so that he rolled, Il. 11.147; στρόμβον δʼ ὣς ἔσσευε βαλών 14.413; also αἷμʼ ἔσσευα shed blood, 5.208; v. infr. II.1.

II to be put in quick motion, run, rush, dart, shoot along, having gone, departed, gushed out, flux, eruption

Pass. and Med., to be put in quick motion, and so, run, rush, dart or shoot along, ἐπὶ τεύχεα to arms, 2.808; ἐπὶ κοῖτον Od. 14.456; νέρθε δὲ ποσσὶν ἔσσυμαι Il. 13.79; σεύατʼ ἔπειτʼ ἀνὰ ἄστυ 6.505; σεύατʼ ἔπειτʼ ἐπὶ κῦμα Od. 5.51, cf. Il. 14.227; κατʼ ἀμαξιτόν 22.146; παρʼ ἐρινεόν 11.167; ἀμφʼ Ὀδυσῆα ib. 419; ἰθὺς Λυκίων 16.585; διὰ σπέος Od. 9.447; so in Trag., ἐκτόπιος συθείς having gone, departed, opp. παρών, S. OC 119; ἀφʼ ἑστίας A. Pers. 866; ἐκ ναοῦ E. IT 1294; σύθην δʼ ἀπέδιλος ὄχῳ πτερωτ

2 hasten, speed, he hasted to, might begin, is eager

c. inf., hasten, speed, ὅτε σεύαιτο διώκειν when he hasted to pursue, Il. 17.463; ὄφρα ὕλη σεύαιτο καήμεναι that the wood might begin (cf. Engl. start) to burn, 23.198, cf. 210; ἔσσυται κελαδῆσαι is eager to sing of, Pi. I. 8(7).67.

3 to be eager, have longings

metaph., to be eager, have longings, θυμὸς ἔσσυται Od. 10.484; esp. in pf. part. ἐσσύμενος used as Adj, v. sub voce. (σεϝ-: σῠ-, from I.-Eur. kyew-: kyǔ-, cf. Skt. cyávati ‘set in motion’, part. Pass. cyutás:—σοῦμαι, etc., perh. contr. fr. *σοοῦμαι( = *σοόομαι, fr. σό(ϝ)ος, q.v.).)

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