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ὑπερικταίνοντο

uperiktainonto

hobbled along beneath

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What it meant

ὑπερικταίνοντο · hyperiktainonto — LSJ

hobbled along beneath

hobbled along beneath, in the phrase γούνατα δʼ ἐρρώσαντο, πόδες δʼ ὑπερικταίνοντο Od. 23.3: according to Aristarch. it meant ἄγαν ἐπάλλοντο, and other ancient critics gave other explanations, v. EM 779.9; a reading ὑποακταίνοντο( = ἔτρεμον) is mentioned in Hsch.; cf. ἀκταίνω.

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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