ἀτύζομαι

ἀτύζομαι, in Hom., Lyr., Trag. only pres. and aor. part. Pass.:—

• to be distraught from fear, bewildered, ἀτυζομένους ὑπὸ καπνοῦ Il. 8.183; ἀτυζομένω πεδίοιο fleeing bewildered oʼer the plain, Il. 6.38, cf. 18.7, Od. 11.606: abs., ἀτύζονται, ἀτυζόμενος, Pi. P. 1.13, O. 8.39, B. 12.116; to be distraught with grief, ἀτυζόμενος S. El. 148 (lyr.), E. Andr. 131, A.R. 4.39: c. acc., to be amazed at a thing, ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς Il. 6.468, cf. Tryph. 685: c. inf., ἀτυζομένην ἀπολέσθαι terrified even to death, Il. 22.474; ἀ. περὶ νύμφην to be distressed for . . . AP 7.528 (Theodorid.).
• • II in later Ep. Act. ἀτύζω, strike with terror or amazement, A.R. 1.465: aor. opt. ἀτύξαι Theoc. 1.56; ἠέρα παῦρον ἀτύζει draws short breaths, Nic. Al. 193 (vv.Il. ἀτίζει, ἀλύξει).—Ep. Verb, used by Trag. only in lyr.

ἀτύζομαι

Aor. pple. ἀτυχθείς Il. 6.468.

• • 1

    To be terrified or distraught, to be panic-stricken, flee scared: ἀτυζόμενοι φοβέοντο Il. 6.41, ἀτυζομένην ἀπολέσθαι (distraught to the point of death) Il. 22.474. Cf. Il. 6.38, Il. 8.183, Il. 15.90, Il. 18.7, Il. 21.4, 554: Od. 11.606, Od. 23.42.

  • 2

    To be scared or put out by: πατρὸς ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς Il. 6.468.

ἀτύζομαι

• 1be terrified αὖθι δʼ ἀτυζόμενοι ψυχὰς βάλον (sc. οἱ δύο δράκοντες: v. l. ἀτυζομένω) O. 8.39 ἀτύζονται βοὰν Πιερίδων ἀίοντα (sc. ὅσσα μὴ πεφίληκε Ζεύς) P. 1.13

ἀτύζομαι , only part. pres. and aor. ἀτυχθείς: bewildered, dazed, distraught, the effect of fear, grief, etc.; ἥμεθʼ ἀτυζόμεναι, ‘shocked,’ while the suitors were being killed, Od. 23.42; ἀτυζομένην ἀπολέσθαι, in a ‘dead fit,’ Andromache, Il. 22.474; w. acc., πατρὸς ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς, ‘terrified at,’ Il. 6.468; ἀτυζόμενοι φοβέοντο, Il. 6.41; hence with motion implied in the word itself, (ἵππω) ἀτυζομένω πεδίοιο, ‘scouring wildly’ oʼer the plain, π. gen. of place, Il. 6.38, etc.

ἀτύζομαι

• • IPass.: to be distraught from fear, amazed, bewildered, Hom.; ἀτυζόμενοι πεδίοιο fleeing bewildered oʼer the plain, Il.: also to be distraught with grief, ἀτυζόμενος Soph., Eur.: c. acc., ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς amazed at the sight, Il.
  • IIin late Ep. we find the Act. ἀτύζω, with 3 sing. aor. 1 opt. ἀτύξαι, to strike with terror, Theocr.