θήγω
θήγω, to sharpen, whet
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θήξαντʼ Verb: aorist active participle neuter nominative plural, Verb: aorist active participle neuter vocative plural, Verb: aorist active participle neuter accusative plural, Verb: aorist active participle masculine accusative singular, Verb: aorist active participle masculine dative singular, Verb: aorist active participle neuter dative singular, Verb: aorist active participle masculine nominative dual, Verb: aorist active participle masculine vocative dual, Verb: aorist active participle masculine accusative dual, Verb: aorist active participle neuter nominative dual, Verb: aorist active participle neuter vocative dual, Verb: aorist active participle neuter accusative dual, Verb: aorist middle indicative 3rd plural of θήγω
- poet. Verb (used by X. and later, v. infr.), sharpen, whet, Hom. (only in Il.), θήγων λευκὸν ὀδόντα 11.416, cf. 13.475, Hes. Sc. 388; ὀδόντα Ar. Ra. 815 (hex.); γένυν E. Ph. 1380; θ. φάσγανον, ξίφος, μαχαίρας, A. Ag. 1262, E. Or. 1036, Cyc. 242; ξίφη Onos. 28; ὀϊστούς Jul. Or. 7.229a:—Med., δόρυ θηξάσθω let him whet his spear, Il. 2.382, cf. Phanocl. 1.8.
- 2 metaph., sharpen, excite, Pi. O. 10(11).20; ἰάμβων τοὺς ὀδόντας Babr. Prooem. 2.14; provoke, τὰς ψυχὰς εἰς τὰ πολεμικά X. Cyr. 2.1.20, cf. 1.2.10 (Pass.), Mem. 3.3.7; τεθηγμένον τοί μʼ οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ A. Th. 715; λόγοι τεθηγμένοι sharp, biting words. Id. Pr. 313; οὐ γάρ μʼ ἀρέσκει γλῶσσά σου τεθηγμένη S. Aj. 584; λῆμα τεθ. E. Or. 1625; τῆς διανοίας ὀργῇ τεθ. Alcid. ap. Arist. Rh. 1406a10.
- II intr., ὀργὴ γέροντος . . ἐν χειρὶ θήγει σὺν τάχει δʼ ἀμβλύνεται dub. in S. Fr. 894.
3 sing. aor. imp. mid. θηξάσθω Il. 2.382.
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To sharpen, whet.
In mid.: δόρυ Il. 2.382.
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Of a boar whetting his tusks Il. 11.416, Il. 13.475.
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- 1to sharpen, whet, Il.; θήγων λευκὸν ὀδόντα Il.; θ. φάσγανον, ξίφος Aesch., Eur.:—in Mid., δόρυ θηξάσθω let him whet his spear, Il.
- 2metaph. to sharpen, excite, provoke, like Lat. acuere, τὰς ψυχὰς εἰς τὰ πολεμικά Xen.:—Pass., λόγοι τεθηγμένοι sharp, biting words, Aesch.; γλῶσσα τεθηγμένη Soph.