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ἀσφόδελος

II Adj., ἀσφοδελὸς λειμών the asphodel mead which the shades of heroes haunted, Od. 11.539, 24.13: generally, flowery mead, h.Merc. 221, 344. (On the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 1.160.)

βιβάω

stride, πέλωρα βιβᾷ he takes huge strides, h.Merc. 225; ἐβίβασκε, Ion. impf., h.Ap. 133: elsewh. only part., μακρὰ βιβῶντα ( βιβάντα Aristarch.), μακρὰ βιβῶσα, Il. 3.22, Od. 11.539; κοῦφα βιβῶν lightly stepping, Pi. O. 14.17.

φοιτάω

go to and fro, backwards and forwards, and generally, with notion of repeated motion, stalk; ἀνʼ ὅμιλον ἐφοίτα θηρὶ ἐοικώς Il. 3.449, cf. 13.760; φοίτα δʼ ἄλλοτε μὲν πρόσθʼ Ἕκτορος, ἄλλοτʼ ὄπισθε 5.595; φοίτων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ στρατόν 2.779; ἐφοίτων ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος Od. 9.401., cf. 10.119; πάντῃ φοιτήσασα Il. 20.6; φοίτα μακρὰ βιβάς 15.686, cf. Od. 11.539; διὰ νηὸς φ. keep going from one part to another, 12.420; ἀφάνης κἀν Ἀΐδα δόμῳ φοιτάσῃς Sapph. l.c.; of birds on the wing, Od. 2.182, E. Hipp. 1059, Ion 154 (lyr.); of horses going to feed, Hdt. 1.78; of hounds casting about for the scent, X. Cyn. 4.4, 6.19; φοιτᾷς ὑπερπόντιος ἔν τʼ ἀγρονόμοις αὐλαῖς, of love frequenting both sea and land, S. Ant. 785 (lyr.), cf. E. Hipp. 447; of young men strutting about to show their persons, λαμπροί τʼ ἐν ἥβῃ καὶ πόλεως ἀγάλματα φοιτῶσʼ Id. Fr. 282.11.

ἀσφοδελός

ἀσφοδελός Teeming with ἀσφόδελος or king's-spear: λειμῶνα Od. 11.539, 573, Od. 24.13.

βιβάω

βιβάω [redup. fr. βα-, βαίνω.] (προ-.) = βιβάσθω.: μακρὰ βιβῶντα Il. 3.22. Cf. Il. 13.371, Il. 15.307, 686: Od. 11.539. (In all cases with βιβάντα, etc., from βίβημι. as v.l.)

βίβημι

βίβημι [as βιβάω.] (προ-.) = βιβάω.: μακρὰ βιβάντα (βιβάς) Il. 3.22, Il. 7.213, Il. 15.307, 686, ὕψι βιβάντα Il. 13.371: μακρὰ βιβᾶσα Od. 11.539. Of a ram 450. (For vv. ll. see βιβάω.)

λειμών

λειμών -ῶνος, ὁ [λείβω.] A tract of low well-watered ground, a meadow : Ἀσίῳ ἐν λειμῶνι, καϋστρίον ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα Il. 2.461. Cf. Il. 2.463, 467, Il. 16.151 : Od. 4.605, Od. 5.72, Od. 6.292, Od. 9.132, Od. 11.539, 573, Od. 12.45, 159, Od. 21.49, Od. 24.13.

μακρός

μακρός -ή, -όν. 1 Long (as applied to weapons commonly a mere epithet) : ἔγχεα Il. 3.135. Cf. Il. 3.137, Il. 5.297, Il. 13.497, etc. : οὐρῇσιν Od. 10.215. Cf. Od. 12.229, Od. 21.121, Od. 22.149, 251, 279, 293. In superl. : τὰ μακρότατʼ ἔγχεα Il. 14.373. 2 High, tall, lofty (sometimes, doubtless, with connotation of sense (3)) : τείχεα Il. 4.34, Il. 22.507, δένδρεα Il. 9.541, Il. 11.88, οὔρεα Il. 13.18 : κίονας Od. 1.54, δένδρεα Od. 5.238, τείχεα Od. 7.44, πίτυσσιν Od. 9.186, κλίμακα Od. 10.558, ἐρινεόν Od. 12.432, ὄζοι 436, etc. Epithet of Olympus Il. 1.402, Il. 2.48, Il. 5.398, Il. 8.199, Il. 15.21, Il. 18.142, Il. 24.468, etc. : Od. 10.307, Od. 15.43, Od. 20.73, Od. 24.351. In superl. : ἐλάτην, ἣ μακροτάτη πεφυυῖα αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν Il. 14.288. Tall in person. In comp. : μακρότερόν μιν θῆκεν Od. 8.20. Cf. Od. 18.195. 3 Great, thick, stout : ἕρματα Il. 1.486, ὀχῆα Il. 12.121, 291, Il. 13.124, σανίδες Il. 18.276 : δούρατα Od. 5.162, 370, ἐπηγκενίδεσσιν Od. 5.253. Of waves, great, big, swollen Il. 2.144 : Od. 5.109, Od. 9.147, Od. 24.110. 4 Wide, broad, spacious : ἠϊόνος στόμα Il. 14.36. Cf. Il. 15.358. 5 Of great content, great, capacious : φρείατα Il. 21.197. 6 In reference to periods of time, long : ἤματα Od. 10.470, Od. 18.367=Od. 22.301. Cf. Od. 11.373. 7 Of a desire, great, of one's heart : τόδε μακρὸν ἐέλδωρ Od. 23.54. 8 In neut. sing. μακρόν as adv. In reference to the utterance of sound, loudly, with full voice, at the top of one's voice : μ. ἄϋσεν Il. 3.81. Cf. Il. 5.101, Il. 6.66, Il. 11.285, Il. 20.50, etc. : Od. 6.117. 9 So in neut. pl. μακρά : βοῶν Il. 2.224. Of a bull : μ. μεμυκώς Il. 18.580. In reference to one's gait or movement, with long strides or steps, striding along or about, strutting along : μ. βιβάντα Il. 3.22. Cf. Il. 7.213, Il. 13.809, Il. 15.307, 676, 686, Il. 16.534 : Od. 11.539. Of a ram Od. 9.450.

φοιτάω

φοιτάω Non-thematic 3 dual impf. φοιτήτην Il. 12.266. 1 To go or move about, to and fro, hither and thither, to roam : φοίτων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα Il. 2.779, ἀνʼ ὅμιλον ἐφοίτα Il. 3.449, Il. 5.528. Cf. Il. 9.10, Il. 12.266, Il. 13.760, Il. 15.686, Il. 20.6, Il. 24.533 : Od. 2.182, Od. 11.42, Od. 12.420, Od. 14.355. Passing into next sense : φοίτα δʼ ἄλλοτε μὲν πρόσθʼ Ἕκτορος, ἄλλοτʼ ὄπισθεν (took his way with constant change of place) Il. 5.595. 2 To come or go, make or take one's way: ἀΐοντες ἐφοίτων (φοίτων) ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος Od. 9.401, Od. 10.119, Od. 24.415, φοίτα κατὰ λειμῶνα Od. 11.539. 3 To betake oneself, repair or go somewhere habitually or frequently : εἰς εὐνὴν φοιτῶντε Il. 14.296.