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θύω

thuo2

rage, seethe

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What it meant

θύω · thyō — LSJ

rage, seethe, seething, seethed, storm, rage, desire eagerly, madwoman

rage, seethe, ἄνεμος μὲν ἐπαύσατο λαίλαπι θύων Od. 12.400; Ζέφυρος μεγάλῃ σὺν λαίλαπι θύων ib. 408, cf. Hes. Op. 621, Th. 874; of a swollen river, ὁ δʼ ἐπέσσυτο οἴδματι θύων seething, Il. 21.234; ὑψόσε θύων ib. 324; of a wind-swept sea, ὁ δʼ ἔστενεν οἴδματι θύων 23.230, cf. Hes. Th. 109, 131; of the wake of a ship, κῦμα δʼ ὄπισθε πορφύρεον μέγα θῦε Od. 13.85; δάπεδον δʼ ἅπαν αἵματι θῦεν the ground seethed with blood, 11.420, 22.309; of persons, storm, rage, ἦ γὰρ ὅ γʼ ὀλοιῇσι φρεσὶ θύει Il. 1.34

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