οἰδέω

• swell, become swollen, ᾤδεε δὲ χρόα πάντα he had all his body swollen, Od. l.c.; οἰδῶν τὼ πόδε Ar. Ra. 1192; τοὺς πόδας καὶ γαστέρα Men. 544.4; τὰ σφύρʼ ᾤδει Anaxil. 36; ἔμβρυα οἰδέοντα Hp. Aër. 7; ᾠδήκαντι κατʼ αὐχένα ἶνες Theoc. l.c.; of growing fruits, etc., ὀπώραν ἐντεταμένην καὶ οἰδῶσαν Plu. l.c.; ᾤδησε . . ὁ τοῦ πτεροῦ καυλός Pl. l.c.
• • II metaph., οἰδεόντων τῶν πρηγμάτων when affairs were in a ferment, Hdt. 3.76, 127; οἰδεῖ καὶ ὕπουλός ἐστιν [ἡ πόλις], metaph. from a boil or abscess, Pl. Grg. 518e; τὸν δῆμον οἰδοῦντα καὶ θρασυνόμενον Plu. Sol. 19; also, of inflated style, οἰδεῖν ὑπὸ κομπασμάτων Ar. Ra. 940, cf. Plu. Cic. 26.

To swell : ᾤδεε χρόα πάντα (acc. of part affected, his flesh became swollen) Od. 5.455.

• • Ito swell, become swollen, Lat. tumere, ὤιδεε δὲ χρόα he had his body swollen, Od.; οἰδεῖν τὰ πόδε to have swollen feet, Ar.
  • IImetaph. of inflated style, Ar.; also, οἰδεόντων πρηγμάτων when times were troublous (like tument negotia in Cic.), Hdt.