urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.214 (line)
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αὐτὰρ ὃ μειλιχίοισι προσηύδα ποιμένα λαῶν·
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| αὐτὰρ | αὐτὰρ | αὐτὰρ[1] | 1 | 25556 | 6.214.t1 | True | Iliad Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| ὃ | ὃ | ὃ[1] | 2 | 25557 | 6.214.t2 | True | |
| μειλιχίοισι | μειλιχίοισι | μειλιχίοισι[1] | 3 | 25558 | 6.214.t3 | True | |
| προσηύδα | προσηύδα | προσηύδα[1] | 4 | 25559 | 6.214.t4 | True | |
| ποιμένα | ποιμένα | ποιμένα[1] | 5 | 25560 | 6.214.t5 | True | |
| λαῶν· | λαῶν | λαῶν[1] | 6 | 25561 | 6.214.t6 | True |
Dictionary Citations
LSJ
gentle, soothing, Hom. mostly of speech, μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι Il. 12.267, al.; μ. μῦθος Od. 6.148, cf. B. 10.90: without Subst., προσαυδᾶν μειλιχίοισι with gentle words, Il. 4.256, 6.214; οἱ δέ τʼ ἐς αὐτὸν τερπόμενοι λεύσσουσιν—ὁ δʼ ἀσφαλέως ἀγορεύει—αἰδοῖ μειλιχίῃ Od. 8.172; θεὸν ὣς ἱλάσκονται αἰδοῖ μειλιχίῃ Hes. Th. 92. Adv. - ίως A.R. 2.467, etc.: neut. as Adv., μειλίχιον μυκήσατο Mosch. 2.97.
speak to, address, accost, freq. with a part. added, ἀμειβόμενος, ἀπειλήσας, δακρύσασα προσηύδα, Il. 14.270, 7.225, Od. 1.336; κλαίοντε προσαυδήτην βασιλῆα Il. 11.136, cf. 22.90; π. τινὰ ἐπέεσσι, μειλιχίοισι, 5.30, 6.214, etc.; π. τοὺς θεούς A. Ag. 514; πάντας μύθοισι π. Id. Pers. 154 (anap.), etc.
cunliffe_lex
μειλίχιος -η, -ον [μειλίσσω.] 1 Winning, pleasing : αἰδοῖ Od. 8.172. 2 Of speech, winning, pleasing, mild, gentle, kindly, conciliatory : μύθοισιν Il. 6.343. Cf. Il. 9.113, Il. 10.288, 542, Il. 11.137, Il. 12.267, Il. 21.339 : Od. 6.143, 148, Od. 10.173, Od. 11.552, Od. 18.283, etc. Absol. in pl., such speech : προσηύδα μειλιχίοισιν Il. 4.256, Il. 6.214, Il. 17.431 : Od. 20.165.
ποιμήν -ένος, ὁ. 1 A shepherd (in Od. 10.82 app. including herdsman and this sense is possible in all the passages except Il. 5.137, Il. 12.451, Il. 13.493 and Il. 16.354, where the sense shepherd (in Il. 16.354 including goatherd) is required) Il. 3.11, Il. 4.455, Il. 5.137, Il. 8.559, Il. 12.451, Il. 13.493, Il. 16.354, Il. 18.162, Il. 23.835 : Od. 4.87 Od. 10.82. 2 Of kings and chiefs, π. λαῶν, shepherd of the host. Applied to AgamemnonIl. 2.243, 254, 772= Il. 7.230, Il. 4.413, Il. 10.3, Il. 11.187, 202, Il. 14.22, Il. 19.35, 251, Il. 24.654 : Od. 3.156, Od. 4.532, Od. 14.497. To Menelaus Il. 5.566, 570: Od. 4.24. To Nestor Il. 2.85, Il. 10.73, Il. 23.411 : Od. 3.469, Od. 15.151, Od. 17.109. To Atreus Il. 2.105. To Aeneas Il. 5.513, Il. 20.110. To Glaucus Il. 6.214. To Hector Il. 10.406, Il. 14.423, Il. 15.262, Il. 22.277. To Diomedes Il. 11.370, Il. 23.389. To Machaon Il. 11.506, 598, 651. To Achilles Il. 16.2, Il. 19.386. To Aegisthus Od. 4.528. To Odysseus Od. 18.70, Od. 20.106. To Laertes Od. 24.368. To Mentor Od. 24.456. To various minor heroes Il. 1.263, Il. 4.296, Il. 5.144, Il. 7.469, Il. 9.81, Il. 11.92, 578, 842, Il. 13.411, 600, Il. 14.516, Il. 17.348.