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γναμπτός

2 supple, pliant, of the limbs of living men (opp. to the stark and stiff ones of the dead), ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσι Il. 11.669, 24.359, Od. 11.394, etc.

γναμπτός

γναμπτός -ή, -όν [γνάμπτω.] 1 Bent, curved: ἕλικας Il. 18.401: ἀγκίστροισιν Od. 4.369 = Od. 12.332. 2 Fig., that can be bent or influenced: νόημα Il. 24.41. 3 As epithet of the limbs, flexible, lissom Il. 11.669, Il. 24.359: Od. 11.394, Od. 13.398, 430, Od. 21.283. Sim. of jaws, moving freely in their sockets Il. 11.416.

μέλος

μέλος τό. Dat. pl. μελέεσσι Od. 13.432. μέλεσσι Il. 11.669, Il. 23.191, Il. 24.359 : Od. 11.394, Od. 13.398, 430, Od. 18.77, Od. 21.283. A limb. In pl., one's limbs, one's bodily frame : θυμὸν ἀπὸ μελέων δῦνα δόμον Ἄϊδος Il. 7.131, γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσιν Il. 11.669, Il. 24.359. Cf. Il. 13.672= Il. 16.607, Il. 16.110, Il. 17.211, Il. 23.191, 689 : Od. 8.298, Od. 10.393, Od. 11.201, 394, 600, Od. 13.398, 430, 432, Od. 15.354, Od. 18.70= Od. 24.368, Od. 18.77, Od. 21.283. In reference to a bird Il. 23.880. To a sacrifice : πάντων ἀρχόμενος μελέων Od. 14.428.

μέλος

μέλος τό. Dat. pl. μελέεσσι Od. 13.432. μέλεσσι Il. 11.669, Il. 23.191, Il. 24.359 : Od. 11.394, Od. 13.398, 430, Od. 18.77, Od. 21.283. A limb. In pl., one's limbs, one's bodily frame : θυμὸν ἀπὸ μελέων δῦνα δόμον Ἄϊδος Il. 7.131, γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσιν Il. 11.669, Il. 24.359. Cf. Il. 13.672= Il. 16.607, Il. 16.110, Il. 17.211, Il. 23.191, 689 : Od. 8.298, Od. 10.393, Od. 11.201, 394, 600, Od. 13.398, 430, 432, Od. 15.354, Od. 18.70= Od. 24.368, Od. 18.77, Od. 21.283. In reference to a bird Il. 23.880. To a sacrifice : πάντων ἀρχόμενος μελέων Od. 14.428.

πάρος

πάρος 1 Before, heretofore, theretofore, in time past, formerly, on a former occasion : ἐμεῦ π. ἔκλυες Il. 1.453, ἔνθα π. κοιμᾶτο 610. Cf. Il. 11.111, 825, Il. 16.557, Il. 22.403, etc. : Od. 2.119, Od. 4.627, Od. 6.325, Od. 10.395, Od. 11.394, Od. 18.36, etc. So τόπ. Il. 13.228, Il. 22.233 : Od. 24.486. With pres. of a state of things continuing up to the time of speaking : τί π. λαβρεύεαι; (why have you ever been a rash talker?) Il. 23.474. Cf. Il. 4.264 : ὅσοι π. εἰσὶν ἄριστοι Od. 8.36. Cf. Od. 13.401, 433. Cf. also under (2) and (3). 2 (τὸ) π. γε, before(not now (then)) (whatever may be (have been) the case now (then)) : π. γέ σʼ οὐκ εἴρομαι Il. 1.553. Cf. Il. 13.465, Il. 16.796, Il. 17.270, 587, Il. 18.386, Il. 22.302, etc. : τὸ π. γε θεοὶ φαίνονται ἐναργεῖς Od. 7.201. Cf. Od. 4.810, Od. 9.448, Od. 18.164, etc. 3 (τὸ) π. περ. a Before (not merely now (then)) (even as now (then)) : ὅς σε π. περ ῥύομαι Il. 15.256. Cf. Il. 5.806, Il. 7.370, Il. 12.346, Il. 14.131, Il. 22.250, etc. : νοῦς ἦν ἔμπεδος ὡς τὸ π. περ Od. 10.240. Cf. Od. 2.305, Od. 5.82, Od. 13.358, Od. 24.508, etc. b In the sense of π. γε (see 2) : οἳ τὸ π. περ ἐλάφοισιν ἐοίκεσαν Il. 13.101. Cf. Il. 24.201. 4 Before the arrival of a specified time, past or future, earlier, sooner : π. οὐκ ἔσσεται ἄλλως, πρίν γε ... Il. 5.218. Cf. Il. 8.166 (before that), etc. : πάρος μιν ἔκτα Od. 11.324. Cf. Od. 2.127, Od. 17.293, etc.– Already, as it was: π. μεμαυῖαν Il. 4.73 = Il. 19.349 = Il. 22.186 : = Od. 24.487. 5 With aor. infin., before ... ing ...: π. Διὸς ὄσσε ἰδέσθαι Il. 14.286. Cf. Il. 6.348, Il. 11.573, Il. 12.221, etc. : μενέαινεν Ὀδυσῆϊ π. ἣν γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι (in the period before his reaching it, i. e. until he reached it) Od. 1.21. Cf. Od. 8.376, Od. 16.218, etc. With pres. infin. : π. δόρποιο μέδεσθαι Il. 18.245. 6 In local sense, before, in front of. With genit. : τυδεΐδαο π. σχέμεν ἵππους Il. 8.254.

περ

περ enclitic [shorter form of περί.] 1 Intensive particle, very, even, indeed, just, or the like : ἀγαθός περ ἐών (you the great warrior, i.e. implying that he should be content with that) Il. 1.131, ὡς ἔσεταί περ 211, τιμήν πέρ μοι ὄφελλεν ἐγγυαλίξαι (honour, surely, he ought to have . . .) 353, οἴκαδέ περ νεώμεθα (let us not stop short of home) Il. 2.236, ἀλλά περ οἶος ἴτω (even if he come alone) Il. 12.349. Cf. Il. 1.260, 416, Il. 3.201, Il. 4.263, Il. 11.391, 789, Il. 13.72, Il. 14.295, Il. 15.604, etc. : σοί περ (thee whom it might be expected to touch) Od. 1.59, οὔ κε θανόντι περ ὧδʼ ἀκαχοίμην (if I had just his death to mourn) 236, κηδόμενοί περ (in our sore trouble) Od. 3.240. Cf. Od. 1.315, Od. 2.305, Od. 3.236, Od. 4.819, Od. 8.360, 547, Od. 13.294, etc. With εἰ, ἤν Il. 1.81, 580, Il. 2.123, Il. 19.32, Il. 22.487, etc.: Od. 1.167, 188, 204, Od. 2.246, Od. 8.355, etc. With relatives : ὅς περ, ὅ περ Il. 2.318, Il. 9.367, Il. 13.638, etc. : Od. 2.156, Od. 7.55, Od. 11.630, etc.– οἷός περ Il. 5.340, etc. : Od. 11.394, etc.– ὅθι περ Il. 2.861, etc. : Od. 4.627, etc.– ὅθεν περ Od. 3.321, Od. 21.142.– ἔνθα περ Il. 6.379, etc. : Od. 1.128, etc.– ἔνθεν περ Od. 21.243= 392. 2 With a sense of opposition, though, even though (gen. in ppl. construction) : ἀχνύμενός περ (however much . . .) Il. 1.241, μινυνθάδιόν περ ἐόντα (short-lived though I be) 352, σύ πέρ μιν τεῖσον (since Agamemnon will not) 508, ἀνάσχεο κηδομένη περ 586. Cf. Il. 1.546, Il. 2.246, Il. 3.159, Il. 5.94, Il. 9.301 (if not him), Il. 14.375, Il. 21.185, etc. : ἱέμενός περ Od. 1.6. Cf. Od. 1.288, 309, Od. 2.249, Od. 5.209, Od. 6.136, Od. 9.57, Od. 11.111, etc.– For καὶ . . . περ, καί περ see καί 6. With ἔμπης. See ἔμπης 4.