urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.365 (line)
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.365
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REF: 11.365
βόσκει γαῖα μέλαινα πολυσπερέας ἀνθρώπους,
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
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| βόσκει | βόσκει | βόσκει[1] | 1 | 39531 | 11.365.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| γαῖα | γαῖα | γαῖα[1] | 2 | 39532 | 11.365.t2 | True | |
| μέλαινα | μέλαινα | μέλαινα[1] | 3 | 39533 | 11.365.t3 | True | |
| πολυσπερέας | πολυσπερέας | πολυσπερέας[1] | 4 | 39534 | 11.365.t4 | True | |
| ἀνθρώπους, | ἀνθρώπους | ἀνθρώπους[1] | 5 | 39535 | 11.365.t5 | True |
Dictionary Citations
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feed, nourish, βόσκει γαῖα . . ἀνθρώπους Od. 11.365, cf. 14.325; γαστέρα βοσκήσεις 17.559; πάντα βόσκουσαν φλόγα . . Ἡλίου S. OT 1425; maintain, keep, ἐπικούρους Hdt. 6.39; ναυτικόν Th. 7.48; γυναῖκας Ar. Lys. 260; οἰκέτας ib. 1204, Herod. 7.44: metaph., β. νόσον S. Ph. 313; πράγματα β. troubles, i.e. children, Ar. V. 313.
wide-spread, spread over the earth, ἄνθρωποι Il. 2.804, Od. 11.365; Ὠκεανῖναι Hes. Th. 365; φήμη Theodect. 16; συνόδοντες Opp. H. 3.577; Boeot. pl. πολουσπερίες Corinn. Supp. 2.63.
cunliffe_lex
βόσκω 2 sing. fut. βοσκήσεις Od. 17.559. 3 pl. pa. iterative pass. βοσκέσκοντο Od. 12.355. 1 To feed, tend (cattle, etc.) Il. 15.548: Od. 14.102. 2 To feed, nourish, support: γαῖα ἀνθρώπους Od. 11.365. Cf. Od. 9.124, Od. 12.97, Od. 14.325= Od. 19.294. To fill or stuff (one's belly) Od. 17.228, 559, Od. 18.364. 3 In pass., of cattle, etc., to feed, graze: ξύλοχον κάτα βοσκομενάων Il. 5.162. Cf. Il. 16.151, Il. 17.62, Il. 20.223: Od. 4.338 = Od. 17.129, Od. 11.108, Od. 12.128, 355, Od. 14.104, Od. 21.49. Of birds, to feed Il. 15.691.
μέλας μέλαινα, μέλᾶν. Dat. sing. masc. μείλανι Il. 24.79. Comp. μελάντερος. 1 Dark in hue, dark (not necessarily implying the absence of colour, but sometimes to be translated black) , [ἄρνα] μέλαιναν Il. 3.103, κυάνοιο Il. 11.24, 35, τέφρη Il. 18.25, αἰετοῦ Il. 21.252. Cf. Il. 7.265= Il. 21.404, Il. 10.215, Il. 18.562 : οἴνοιο Od. 5.265, Od. 9.196, 346, ὄϊν Od. 10.527, 572. Cf. Od. 5.488, Od. 10.304. In comp. : μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα Il. 4.277. Cf. Il. 24.94. Applied to the φρένες thought of as darkened by deep emotion : μένεος φρένες ἀμφὶ μέλαιναι πίμπλαντο Il. 1.103 := Od. 4.661 (i.e. the double organ (see ἀμφί I.1.b) was filled with fury (so as to be) black in both parts). Cf. Il. 16.83, 499, 573. (In all these cases also written, with sim. sense, ἀμφιμέλαιναι.)–Absol.: τὸ μέλαν δρυός (the dark heart) Od. 14.12. 2 Epithet a Of ships Il. 1.141, 300, Il. 2.524, Il. 5.550, etc. : Od. 2.430, Od. 3.61, Od. 4.781, Od. 6.268, etc. b Of the earth : γαῖα μέλαινα Il. 2.699, Il. 15.715, Il. 16.416, Il. 20.494 : Od. 11.365, 587, Od. 19.111. So ἠπείροιο μελαίνης Od. 14.97, Od. 21.109. c Of blood Il. 4.149, Il. 7.262, Il. 13.655, etc. : Od. 3.455, Od. 24.189. d Of water (app. referring to the dark hue of water as seen by transmitted light with little or no reflection from the surface) : μέλαν ὕδωρ Il. 2.825, Il. 16.161, Il. 21.202 : Od. 4.359, Od. 6.91, Od. 12.104, Od. 13.409. So of the sea : μείλανι πόντῳ Il. 24.79. And of waves Il. 23.693 : Od. 5.353. Of the surface of the sea rippled by a breeze : μέλαιναν φρῖκα Il. 21.126. Cf. Od. 4.402. e Of night Il. 8.486, 502, Il. 14.439, etc. : Od. 7.253= Od. 14.314, Od. 12.291. Of evening: μέλας ἕσπερος Od. 1.423= Od. 18.306. Sim.: θανάτου μέλαν νέφος Il. 16.350. Cf. Il. 16.591= Il. 18.22 := Od. 24.315, Od. 4.180. f Of κήρ Il. 2.859, Il. 3.360, 454, etc.: Od. 2.283, Od. 3.242, Od. 17.500, Od. 24.127, etc. Of death Il. 2.834= Il. 11.332, Il. 16.687 : Od. 12.92, Od. 17.326.– g Applied also to pain : μελαινέων ὀδυνάων Il. 4.117. Cf. Il. 4.191, Il. 15.394.
πολυσπερής [πολυ-, πολύς + σπείρω.] Widely dispersed, spread over the face of the earth : ἀνθρώπων Il. 2.804. Cf. Od. 11.365.