urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.327 (line)
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.327
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λαοὶ μὲν φθινύθουσι περὶ πτόλιν αἰπύ τε τεῖχος
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| λαοὶ | λαοὶ | λαοὶ[1] | 1 | 26335 | 6.327.t1 | True | Iliad Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| μὲν | μὲν | μὲν[1] | 2 | 26336 | 6.327.t2 | True | |
| φθινύθουσι | φθινύθουσι | φθινύθουσι[1] | 3 | 26337 | 6.327.t3 | True | |
| περὶ | περὶ | περὶ[1] | 4 | 26338 | 6.327.t4 | True | |
| πτόλιν | πτόλιν | πτόλιν[1] | 5 | 26339 | 6.327.t5 | True | |
| αἰπύ | αἰπύ | αἰπύ[1] | 6 | 26340 | 6.327.t6 | True | |
| τε | τε | τε[1] | 7 | 26341 | 6.327.t7 | True | |
| τεῖχος | τεῖχος | τεῖχος[1] | 8 | 26342 | 6.327.t8 | True |
Dictionary Citations
LSJ
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waste away, decay, perish, of men, λαοὶ μὲν φ. περὶ πτόλιν Il. 6.327, cf. 21.466, Od. 12.131; παυρότεροι . . φθίνυθον Il. 17.364; τούσδε ἔα φθινύθειν, as an imprecation, 2.346; also ἄχεϊ φ. παρειαί Od. 8.530, cf. 16.145.
cunliffe_hompers
Παναχαιοί All the Achaeans , the Achaeans in gen. (see Ἀχαιός 2.b) Il. 2.404, Il. 7.73, 159 , 327, 385, Il. 9.301, Il. 10.1, Il. 19.193, Il. 23.236: Od. 1.239, Od. 14.369, Od. 24.32.
cunliffe_lex
αἰπύς -εῖα, -ύ. 1 Steep, sheer: ὄρος Il. 2.603. Cf. Il. 2.811, 829, Il. 5.367, 868, Il. 11.711, Il. 15.84: αἰπεῖα εἰς ἅλα πέτρη (running sheer down into the sea) Od. 3.293. Cf. Od. 3.287, Od. 4.514, Od. 19.431. Applied to walls Il. 6.327, Il. 11.181: Od. 14.472. Of a noose, hung from on high Od. 11.278. 2 Of cities, set on a steep Il. 2.538, Il. 9.668, Il. 15.71: Od. 3.485, Od. 10.81, Od. 15.193. 3 Fig., difficult, hard. In impers. construction : αἰπύ οἱ ἐσσεῖται Il. 13.317. Of ὄλεθρος (thought of as a precipice or gulf), sheer, utter Il. 6.57, Il. 10.371, Il. 11.174, 441, Il. 12.345, 358, Il. 13.773, Il. 14.99, 507=Il. 16.283, Il. 16.859, Il. 17.155, 244, Il. 18.129: Od. 1.11, 37, Od. 5.305, Od. 9.286, 303, Od. 12.287, 446, Od. 17.47, Od. 22.28, 43, 67. Sim. of φόνος Il. 17.365: Od. 4.843, Od. 16.379. Of the toil and moil of war, hard, daunting Il. 11.601, Il. 16.651. Of wrath, towering Il. 15.223.
τεῖχος τό. Dat. pl. τείχεσσι Il. 7.135. 1 A wall for protection or defence: πᾶσαν νῆσον πέρι τ. [ἐστιν] Od. 10.3. Cf. Il. 15.736, Il. 20.145. In sing. and pl., a city-wall, the walls of a city: τείχεα Θήβης Il. 2.691, Il. 4.378, λαὸν ἀγαγόνθʼ ὑπὸ τεῖχος ἄρειον Il. 4.407. Cf. Il. 4.308, Il. 7.135, Il. 9.552, Il. 18.514: Od. 6.9, Od. 7.44. 2 Applied in sing. and pl. a To the walls of Troy: περὶ πτόλιν αἰπύ τε τεῖχος Il. 6.327, κατὰ Ἰλιόφι τείχεα λαὸν ἐέλσαι Il. 21.295. Cf. Il. 4.34, Il. 6.388, Il. 13.764, Il. 16.397, Il. 18.256, Il. 22.4, 99, etc. : Od. 14.472. b To the wall built to protect the Greek camp : ποτὶ τύμβον τεῖχος ἔδειμαν Il. 7.436, οἳ τάδε τείχεα μηχανόωντο Il. 8.177. Cf. Il. 9.67, Il. 12.4, 26, Il. 13.50, Il. 14.15, Il. 15.345, Il. 18.215, etc.
φθινύθω [φθινυ-, φθι-, φθίω.] 3 sing. pa. iterative φθινύθεσκε Il. 1.491. (ἀπο-) 1 To cause to perish or to waste or pine away, destroy, consume : φίλον κῆρ Il. 1.491. Cf. Od. 10.485, Od. 18.204. 2 To bring to nothing, waste, consume : οἶκον ἐμόν Od. 1.250=Od. 16.127. Cf. Od. 14.95. 3 To perish, to waste or pine away : λαοὶ φθινύθουσιν Il. 6.327. Cf. Il. 2.346, Il. 17.364, Il. 21.466 : Od. 8.530, Od. 12.131, Od. 16.145.