urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.66 (line)
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ἔσθλʼ ἀγορεύοντες, κακὰ δὲ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον.
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
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| ἔσθλʼ | ἔσθλʼ | ἔσθλʼ[1] | 1 | 59746 | 17.66.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| ἀγορεύοντες, | ἀγορεύοντες | ἀγορεύοντες[1] | 2 | 59747 | 17.66.t2 | True | |
| κακὰ | κακὰ | κακὰ[1] | 3 | 59748 | 17.66.t3 | True | |
| δὲ | δὲ | δὲ[1] | 4 | 59749 | 17.66.t4 | True | |
| φρεσὶ | φρεσὶ | φρεσὶ[1] | 5 | 59750 | 17.66.t5 | True | |
| βυσσοδόμευον. | βυσσοδόμευον | βυσσοδόμευον[1] | 6 | 59751 | 17.66.t6 | True |
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LSJ
build in the deep: hence, brood over a thing in the depth of oneʼs soul, ponder deeply; Hom. only in Od., always in bad sense, κακὰ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον 17.66, al.; μύθους β. 4.676; δόλον φρεσὶ β. Hes. Sc. 30: also in late Prose, ὀργὴν β. Luc. Cal. 24; τὰ βυσσοδομευόμενα secret designs, Hld. 7.11:—also βυρσοδομέω, Eust. 1513.46, Suid.
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νόος Od. 7.73 ; βουλή Il. 9.76 ; ἔπος 1.108 ; κλέος 5.3, Pi. P. 4.175 : freq. in neut. pl., μυρίʼ..ἐσθλὰ ἔοργε Il. 2.272 ; ἔσθλʼ ἀγορεύοντες, κακὰ δὲ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον Od. 17.66 ; ἔσλων ἢ κάλων Sapph. 28, cf. Supp. 2.4.
cunliffe_lex
βυσσοδομεύω [app. fr. βυσσός + δόμος, to construct in the interior of the house, away from public view.] To plan or ponder secretly Od. 4.676, Od. 8.273, Od. 9.316, Od. 17.66, 465 = 491 = Od. 20.184.
ἐσθλός -ή, -όν. 1 Well-born, noble Od. 6.284. 2 Warlike, soldierly, stout, skilful in fight Il. 2.366, Il. 4.458, Il. 6.444, Il. 24.167, etc.: Od. 8.582, 585, Od. 22.204. Absol.: ἐσθλὰ [τεύχεα] ἐ. ἔδυνεν Il. 14.382. Cf. Il. 5.176 = Il. 16.425, Il. 9.319, Il. 22.158. 3 Passing into (4): πατέρʼ ἐσθλόν Od. 1.115. Cf. Od. 2.46, 71, Od. 3.98 = Od. 4.328, Od. 3.379, Od. 4.236, 724 = 814, Od. 4.726 = 816, Od. 16.214, Od. 19.395, Od. 23.360. 4 Good, worthy, serviceable, skilled: ἀγορηταί Il. 3.151. Cf. Il. 5.51, Il. 7.126, Il. 20.396, Il. 23.112, 546, 636: ἑταῖροι Od. 2.391. Cf. Od. 2.33, Od. 3.471, Od. 5.110 = 133 = Od. 7.251, Od. 8.110, Od. 11.7 = Od. 12.149, Od. 14.104, Od. 15.310, 557, Od. 16.263, Od. 17.381, Od. 19.334, Od. 23.331, Od. 24.427. Of horses Il. 23.348. Absol.: ἐσθλοῖς ἠδὲ κακοῖσιν Od. 6.189. Cf. Od. 8.553, Od. 22.415 = Od. 23.66. 5 In moral sense, good, of right feeling. Absol.: φρένες ἐσθλῶν Il. 13.115, Il. 15.203. Cf. Il. 9.514. Of the mind, showing discretion, good judgment or discernment, well-balanced: νόον Il. 13.733. Cf. Il. 17.470: Od. 2.117 = Od. 7.111, Od. 7.73, Od. 11.367. 6 Of things or abstractions, good of their kind, good, excellent, fine, helpful, in place, or the like: ἔπος (promising good fortune) Il. 1.108, φάρμακα Il. 11.831. Cf. Il. 1.576, Il. 5.3, Il. 10.213, Il. 14.382, Il. 18.313, etc.: κτήματα Od. 2.312, ὁμοφροσύνην Od. 6.182. Cf. Od. 6.30, Od. 9.242, Od. 12.347, Od. 19.547 (boding well), etc. Morally good or fitting. Absol.: ἐσθλά τε καὶ τὰ χέρεια Od. 18.229 = Od. 20.310. 7 Absol. in neut. ἐσθλόν a A good thing. With infin.: ἐ. [ἐστι] Διὶ χεῖρας ἀνασχέμεν Il. 24.301. b What is good, good: ἄλλοτε κακῷ κύρεται ἄλλοτʼ ἐσθλῷ Il. 24.530. Cf. Od. 15.488. 8 a Absol. in neut. pl. ἐσθλά in sense 7.b: μυρἴ ἐσθλὰ ἔοργε (has done much good service) Il. 2.272, ἐσθλὰ φραζομένῳ Il. 12.212. Cf. Il. 10.448: ἔσθλʼ ἀγορεύοντες (fair words) Od. 17.66. Cf. Od. 20.86. b Good or valuable material things: πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά Od. 4.96. Cf. Od. 10.523 = Od. 11.31.