The corpus record

θέρμω

thermo

heat, make hot

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Where it lives

Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

heat, make hot, grow hot

heat, make hot, only in pres. or impf. forms, θέρμετε δʼ ὕδωρ Od. 8.426, Ar. Ra. 1339:—Pass., grow hot, θέρμετο δʼ ὕδωρ Od. 8.437, Il. 18.348; πνοιῇ . . μετάφρενον εὐρέε τʼ ὤμω θέρμετʼ 23.381; θέρμετο δὲ χθών Call. Hec. Fr. 238.15 Pf. [updated ref.]; μή πού τις ἐνὶ χροῒ θέρμετʼ (Ep. for θέρμηται) ἀϋτμή Opp. H. 3.522.

In the wild

θέρμων · thermōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5033)
θέρμετο · thermeto Iliad 18.348
θέρμετʼ · thermetʼ Iliad 23.381
θέρμετε · thermete Odyssey 8.426
θέρμετο · thermeto Odyssey 8.437

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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