urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.229 (line)
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.229
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REF: 19.229
ἀσπαίροντα λάων· τὸ δὲ θαυμάζεσκον ἅπαντες,
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
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| ἀσπαίροντα | ἀσπαίροντα | ἀσπαίροντα[1] | 1 | 68384 | 19.229.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| λάων· | λάων | λάων[1] | 2 | 68385 | 19.229.t2 | True | |
| τὸ | τὸ | τὸ[1] | 3 | 68386 | 19.229.t3 | True | |
| δὲ | δὲ | δὲ[1] | 4 | 68387 | 19.229.t4 | True | |
| θαυμάζεσκον | θαυμάζεσκον | θαυμάζεσκον[1] | 5 | 68388 | 19.229.t5 | True | |
| ἅπαντες, | ἅπαντες | ἅπαντες[1] | 6 | 68389 | 19.229.t6 | True |
Dictionary Citations
LSJ
pant, gasp, struggle, in Hom. always of the dying (so κραδίη ἀσπαίρουσα must be taken, Il. 13.443), περὶ δουρὶ ἤσπαιρʼ ὡς ὅτε βοῦς κτλ. ib. 571; ζωὸν ἔτʼ ἀσπαίροντα 12.203, cf. Od. 19.229, A. Pers. 977 (lyr.), E. IA 1587; νεκροὶ -οντες Antipho 2.4.5; ἀ. ἄνω κάτω E. El. 843; of an infant, Hdt. 1.111; of fish taken out of the water, Id. 9.120, Babr. 6.5:—but in Hdt. 8.5 Ἀδείμαντος ἤσπαιρε μοῦνος was the only one who still made a struggle, resisted; ἐβόων τε καὶ ἤσπαιρον D.H. 7.25.—Poet. and Ion. word.
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θαύμαζʼ Ἀχιλῆα, ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε Il. 24.629; Τηλέμαχον θαύμαζον, ὃ θαρσαλέως ἀγόρευε they marvelled at Telemachus, that he spake so boldly, Od. 1.382; τὸ δὲ θαυμάζεσκον ( Ion. impf.), ὡς . . 19.229; θ. σοῦ γλῶσσαν, ὡς θρασύστομος A. Ag. 1399, etc.: sts. without a connective, ἀλλὰ τὸ θαυμάζω· ἴδον . . Od. 4.655; σοῦ . . θαυμάσας ἔχω τόδε· χρῆν γὰρ . . S. Ph. 1362: sts. c. inf., θαυμάζομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον, αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι Il. 5.601.
seize, hold, κύων ἔχε ποικίλον ἐλλόν, ἀσπαίροντα λάων gripping it as it struggled, Od. 19.229; ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων gripped the fawn as he was throttling it, ib. 230.—Also expld. by ἀπολαυστικῶς ἔχων ( Aristarch.) or ἀπολαυστικῶς ἐσθίων (Sch., Hsch. s.v. λάων, who refers it alternatively to λάω (A), but also has λάε· ἐψόφησεν, οἱ δὲ ἐφθέγγετο; cf. λαήμεναι· φθέγγεσθαι, Cyr.).
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ἀσπαίρω 1 To gasp or pant in the death-struggle Il. 3.293, Il. 10.521, Il. 12.203, Il. 13.571, 573: Od. 8.526, Od. 12.254, 255, Od. 19.229. 2 Of convulsive movements of the limbs: πόδεσσιν Od. 19.231, Od. 22.473. Of the heart, to throb Il. 13.443.
θαυμάζω [θαῦμα.] 3 pl. pa. iterative θαυμάζεσκον Od. 19.229. 3 sing. fut. in mid. form θαυμάσσεται Il. 18.467. (ἀπο-.) 1 To wonder, marvel, to feel or be struck with wonder, astonishment or admiration: γυναῖκες ἱστάμεναι θαύμαζον Il. 18.496. Cf. Il. 24.394: θαύμαζεν ὁ γεραιός Od. 3.373. Cf. Od. 4.44, Od. 7.145, Od. 8.265, Od. 13.157, Od. 16.203. With dependent clause: θαυμάζομεν οἷον ἐτύχθη Il. 2.320. 2 To wonder or marvel at, look upon with wonder or eager curiousity: πτόλεμόν τε μάχην τε Il. 13.11. Cf. Il. 10.12, Il. 18.467: λιμένας καὶ νῆας Od. 7.43. Cf. Od. 1.382 = Od. 18.411 = Od. 20.269, Od. 4.655, Od. 9.153, Od. 19.229, Od. 24.370. With infin.: οἷον θαυμάζομεν (impf.) Ἕκτορα αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι (thinking that he was . . .) Il. 5.601. To look upon or behold (a person) with respectful wonder and admiration: Πρίαμος θαύμαζʼ Ἀχιλῆα Il. 24.629. Cf. Il. 24.631: Od. 8.459.
θαυμάζω [θαῦμα.] 3 pl. pa. iterative θαυμάζεσκον Od. 19.229. 3 sing. fut. in mid. form θαυμάσσεται Il. 18.467. (ἀπο-.) 1 To wonder, marvel, to feel or be struck with wonder, astonishment or admiration: γυναῖκες ἱστάμεναι θαύμαζον Il. 18.496. Cf. Il. 24.394: θαύμαζεν ὁ γεραιός Od. 3.373. Cf. Od. 4.44, Od. 7.145, Od. 8.265, Od. 13.157, Od. 16.203. With dependent clause: θαυμάζομεν οἷον ἐτύχθη Il. 2.320. 2 To wonder or marvel at, look upon with wonder or eager curiousity: πτόλεμόν τε μάχην τε Il. 13.11. Cf. Il. 10.12, Il. 18.467: λιμένας καὶ νῆας Od. 7.43. Cf. Od. 1.382 = Od. 18.411 = Od. 20.269, Od. 4.655, Od. 9.153, Od. 19.229, Od. 24.370. With infin.: οἷον θαυμάζομεν (impf.) Ἕκτορα αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι (thinking that he was . . .) Il. 5.601. To look upon or behold (a person) with respectful wonder and admiration: Πρίαμος θαύμαζʼ Ἀχιλῆα Il. 24.629. Cf. Il. 24.631: Od. 8.459.
λάω Of a dog, app., to grip or pin : ἀσπαίροντα [ἐλλὸν] λάων Od. 19.229. Cf. Od. 19.230.