1. σίνομαι · sinomai — Beekes
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σίνομαι
sinomai
to rob, pillage, destroy, damage
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What it meant
2. σΐνομαι · sinomai — Chantraine
3. σΐνομαι · sinomai — Chantraine
4. σίνομαι · sinomai — Frisk
5. σίνομαι · sinomai — LSJ
harm, hurt, do one harm or mischief, Hom., only in Od. (but v. infr. II, and cf. σίντης), of plunderers and marauders, οἵ σφεας σινέσκοντο, of the Cyclopes who used to plunder the Phaeacians, Od. 6.6; ὅτε μοι σίνοιτό γʼ ἑταίρους, of Scylla destroying Odysseus’ comrades, 12.114; εἰ δέ κε σίνηαι (sc. Ἠελίου βόας) 11.112, cf. ἀσινής; οὐ σινέσκετο καρπόν Hes. Fr. 117; in later Ep., ἀλώπηξ . . σινομένα τὰν τρώξιμον plundering the grapes, Theoc. 1.49; σ. ἔπαυλα καὶ . . ἄνδρας AP 6.262 (Leon.), cf. A.R
generally, injure, αἰδώς, ἥ τʼ ἄνδρας μέγα σίνεται Hes. Op. 318 (interpol. in Il. 24.45, v. Sch.), cf. Phld. Piet. p.93 G.; [ὁ κροκόδειλος] οὐδὲν σ. τὸν τροχίλον Hdt. 2.68; τὴν ἕδραν τοῦ ἵππου μὴ σ. not to hurt his back, X. Eq. 12.9, cf. Thphr. HP 9.18.3; αἰ δὲ σίναιτο ἀφακεσάσθω if he damages the utensils, he must make it good, Mnemos. 57.208 (Argos, vi B.C.); esp. in war, injure, harass, σ. τὸν στρατόν Hdt. 5.27; τοὺς πολεμίους μέγα σ. Id. 7.147, cf. 9.49, X. An. 3.4.16; opp. ὠφελεῖν, Id. Lac.
In the wild
- σίνεσθαι · sinesthai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7191)
- σίνεσθαι · sinesthai Herodotus, Histories 1.17.3 (DIORISIS sentence 116)
- σίνεται · sinetai Herodotus, Histories 2.68.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2035)
- σίνεσθαι · sinesthai Herodotus, Histories 4.123.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4834)
- σίνασθαι · sinasthai Herodotus, Histories 5.27.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5531)
- ἐσίνοντο · esinonto Herodotus, Histories 5.74.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5846)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σίνομαι (scan pp. 1385-1386; entry #5523).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σίνομαι (scan p. 1025; entry #7245).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σίνομαι (scan pp. 1680-1682; entry #5149).
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