Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πίτνω

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Principal Part: πίτνω

Etym.: = peta/nnumi, Hes.

Sense

Examples

  • βλέψον ἐμῶν βλεφάρων ἔπι δάκρυον, ἃ περὶ σοῖσι γούνασιν ὧδε πίτνω τέκνοισ τάφον ἐξανύσασθαι. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, hexameter7)
  • ὦ παρθέν’, ἱκέτισ ἀμφὶ σὸν πίτνω γόνυ καὶ προσκαθίζω θᾶκον οὐκ εὐδαίμονα ὑπέρ τ’ ἐμαυτῆσ τοῦδέ θ’, ὃν μόλισ ποτὲ λαβοῦσ’ ἐπ’ ἀκμῆσ εἰμι κατθανόντ’ ἰδεῖν· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 8:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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