σπέρχω
σπέρχω,
Il. 13.334 , etc.( Act. only in pres. and impf.):— Med., fut.
σπέρξομαι, aor.
ἐσπερξάμην,
Hsch.:— Pass.,
Il. 19.317 , etc.: aor. part.
A). σπερχθείς Pi. N. 1.40 ,
Hdt. 1.32 :—poet. Verb (used also in Ion. Prose, cf.
περισπέρχω; Att. only in compds.
ἐπι-, κατα-σπέρχω),
set in rapid motion, only late, c. inf.,
τρέχειν Luc. Trag. 236 : more freq. in Pass.,
to haste, be in haste, c. inf.,
ὁπότε σπερχοίατ’ Ἀχαιοὶ .. φέρειν Ἄρηα Il. 19.317 , cf.
A.R. 4.211 ;
ὁπότε ς. ἐρετμοῖς Od. 13.22 ;
ς. μετά, ποτί τι,
A.R. 1.1255 ,
Orph. L. 706 ; of the sea,
rage, Hymn.Is. 151 : in
Hom. mostly part. pres. Pass.
σπερχόμενος in haste, hurriedly,
ς. δ’ ὁ γεραιὸς ἑοῦ ἐπεβήσετο δίφρου Il. 24.322 , cf.
23.870 ,
Od. 9.101 , al.;[
νηῦς] ἐπέκελσεν σπερχομένη 13.115 , cf.
E. Alc. 257 (lyr.).
ShortDef
to set in rapid motion
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Headword (normalized):
σπέρχω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σπερχω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-95890
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σπέρχω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.334/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.334 </a>, etc.( Act. only in pres. and impf.):— Med., fut. <span class="foreign greek">σπέρξομαι</span>, aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἐσπερξάμην</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>:— Pass., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:317" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.317/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.317 </a>, etc.: aor. part. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">σπερχθείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 1.40 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.32 </a>:—poet. Verb (used also in Ion. Prose, cf. <span class="foreign greek">περισπέρχω</span>; Att. only in compds. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπι-, κατα-σπέρχω</span>), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">set in rapid motion</span>, only late, c. inf., <span class="quote greek">τρέχειν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Trag.</span> 236 </span> : more freq. in Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to haste, be in haste</span>, c. inf., <span class="quote greek">ὁπότε σπερχοίατ’ Ἀχαιοὶ .. φέρειν Ἄρηα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:317" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.317/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.317 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.211 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁπότε ς. ἐρετμοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.22 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ς. μετά, ποτί τι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:1255" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.1255/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.1255 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg003:706" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg003:706/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">L.</span> 706 </a>; of the sea, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rage,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hymn.Is.</span> 151 </span>: in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> mostly part. pres. Pass. <span class="foreign greek">σπερχόμενος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in haste, hurriedly</span>, <span class="quote greek">ς. δ’ ὁ γεραιὸς ἑοῦ ἐπεβήσετο δίφρου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.322 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:870" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.870/canonical-url/"> 23.870 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.101 </a>, al.;[ <span class="quote greek">νηῦς] ἐπέκελσεν σπερχομένη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.115/canonical-url/"> 13.115 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:257" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:257/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 257 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be hasty of temper</span>, <span class="quote greek">σπερχομένοιο γέροντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:248" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.248/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.248 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.72 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σπερχθείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.32 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σπερχθεῖσα θυμῷ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in haste and heat</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 1.40 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μὴ σπέρχου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">be</span> not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hasty</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1133" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1133/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1133 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. μέγα δή τι καὶ οὐ φατόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Del.</span> 60 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σπέρχεσθαί τινι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be angry with</span> one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Del.</span> 158 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> intr., = Pass., <span class="foreign greek">ὅθ’ ὑπὸ λιγέων ἀνέμων σπέρχωσιν ἄελλαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">are driven rapidly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.334/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.334 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg033.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg033.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Hom.</span> 33.7 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁπότε σπέρχοιεν ἄελλαι</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">σπερχοίατ’</span> ) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:283" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.283/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.283 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἵππος σπέρχων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.342/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">C.</span> 1.342 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἰρεσίῃ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 5.295 </a>. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sprhayati</span> \'desire\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}