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πυνθάνομαι to learn by hearsay or by inquiry, Hdt.: πυνθ. τί τινος to learn something from a person, Hom., etc.; τι ἀπό τινος Aesch.; ἔκ τινος Soph.; παρά τινος Hdt. c. acc. rei only, to hear or learn a thing, Od., Attic c. gen. to hear of, hear tell of, hear news of, Od., etc. π. τινά τινος to inquire about one person of or from another, Ar.; so, π. περί τινος Hdt., Attic c. part., πυθόμην ὁρμαίνοντα ὁδόν I heard that he was starting, Od.; π. τὸ Πλημμύριον ἑαλωκός to hear that Plemmyrium had been taken, Thuc.:—so, οὔπω πυθέσθην Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος they had not yet heard of his being dead, Il. c. inf. to hear or learn that, Soph., etc.

ShortDef

to learn by hearsay

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Headword:

πυνθάνομαι

Headword (normalized):

πυνθάνομαι

Headword (normalized/stripped):

πυνθανομαι

IDX:

28782

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28815

Key:

punqa/nomai

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