πεύθομαι
- •Act. πεύθω, lay information against, Leg.Gort. 8.55, SIG 525.9 (Gortyn, iii B. C.). (Cf. Skt. bódhati ‘wake up’, ‘notice’, Lith. budēti ‘to be awake’.)
Also πυνθάνομαι Od. 2.315, Od. 13.256.
Fut. πεύσομαι Od. 23.262.
2 sing. -εαι Il. 18.19.
3 sing. -εται Il. 20.129 : Od. 2.256.
Pple. πευσόμενος, -ου Od. 1.94, 281, Od. 2.215, 264, 360, Od. 13.415, Od. 15.270.
Aor. πυθόμην Od. 4.732, Od. 14.321, Od. 23.40.
3 dual πυθέσθην Il. 17.427.
3 pl. ἐπύθοντο Il. 5.702, Il. 15.224, 379, Il. 18.530.
2 sing. subj. πύθηαι Il. 5.351, Il. 17.685, Il. 24.592 : Od. 3.15, Od. 4.494.
3 sing. -ηται Il. 19.337 : Od. 4.713, Od. 19.486.
2 pl. -ησθε Od. 8.12.
3 pl. -ωνται Il. 7.195.
Opt. πυθοίμην Il. 17.102, Il. 19.322 : Od. 2.43, Od. 10.147.
3 pl. -οιτο Il. 10.207, 211 : Od. 2.31.
3 pl. -οιατο Il. 1.257.
Infin. πυθέσθαι Il. 2.119, Il. 6.465, Il. 10.308, 320, 395, Il. 11.649, Il. 22.305 : Od. 10.152, 155, 537, Od. 11.50, 76, 89, Od. 13.335, Od. 15.377, Od. 21.255, Od. 24.433.
3 sing. aor. opt. πεπύθοιτο Il. 6.50, Il. 10.381, Il. 11.135.
Pf. πέπυσμαι Od. 11.505.
2 sing. πέπυσσαι Od. 11.494.
3 sing. πέπυσται Od. 2.411, Od. 17.510.
Infin. πεπύσθαι Il. 17.641.
3 sing. plupf. ἐπέπυστο Il. 13.674. πέπυστο Il. 13.521, Il. 22.437.
3 dual πεπύσθην Il. 17.377.
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To hear.
Absol. or with object : σιγῇ, ἵνα μὴ Τρῶές γε πύθωνται Il. 7.195, Διὸς κτύπον Il. 15.379. Cf. Il. 5.351, Il. 10.207, Il. 18.530 : Od. 1.157 = Od. 4.70 = Od. 17.592, Od. 10.147, Od. 19.486, Od. 23.40.
In reference to a report or rumour : πεύθετο κύπρονδε μέγα κλέος Il. 11.21 (i.e. the report came as far as to Cyprus).
To overhear : βουλάς Od. 4.677 = Od. 16.412.
With genit., to hear : σῆς βοῆς Il. 6.465. Cf. Il. 15.224.
So in reference to tidings : λυγρῆς ἀγγελίης Il. 17.641, 685, Il. 18.19. Cf. Od. 2.256.
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To hear of, learn of, come to know of or about, something.
Absol. or with object (sometimes with complementary adj. or pple.) : καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι Il. 2.119, Il. 22.305, εἴ κεν ἐμὲ ζωὸν πεπύθοιτο Il. 6.50 = Il. 10.381, κλέα ἀνδρῶν Il. 9.524. Cf. Il. 5.702, Il. 11.135, Il. 13.674, Il. 19.322 (the object in 326), Il. 20.129 : νῦν δὲ πυνθάνομαι (learn the story, am getting to realize what is going on) Od. 2.315, ὅσσα πεύθομαι (what I hear from time to time) Od. 3.187, εἰ πυθόμην ταύτην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα Od. 4.732. Cf. Od. 2.31, 43, 411 (knows nothing of the matter), Od. 4.494, Od. 11.76, Od. 16.134, Od. 17.158, Od. 21.255, Od. 23.262, Od. 24.433.
With genit. of the person about whom something is heard : οὔ πω πεπύσθην πατρόκλοιο θανόντος Il. 17.377. Cf. Il. 1.257, Il. 13.521, Il. 17.102, 427, Il. 19.322, 337, Il. 22.437 : Od. 8.12, Od. 11.494, 505, Od. 14.321, Od. 17.510.
With genit. of the person from whom something is heard : τό γε μητρὸς ἐπεύθετο Il. 17.408.
With genit. of a thing heard about : Ἰθάκης Od. 13.256.
With clause : ὅτι . . . Il. 24.592.
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To have heard, have learned, know (cf. ἀκούω
5) : οὐδέ πω Ἕκτωρ πεύθετο Il. 11.498.With acc. of the person or thing known about : πεύθετο οὗ παιδὸς ὄλεθρον Od. 16.411.
With acc. and clause : ἄλλους πάντας πεύθομεθα, ἧχι . . . Od. 3.87.
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To find out about something, seek or get information about it.
Absol. or with object : ταῦτα πάντα Il. 10.211, νηῶν σχεδὸν ἐλθέμεν ἔκ τε πυθέσθαι (to get what information I can) Il. 10.320. Cf. Od. 1.94, Od. 2.215, 264, 360, Od. 4.713, Od. 10.152 (spy out the land), 155, Od. 13.335, 415, Od. 15.377.
With genit. of the person about whom something is to be found out : πατρὸς δὴν οἰχομένοιο Od. 1.281. Cf. Od. 3.15, Od. 15.270.
With genit. of the person from whom something is to be found out : πρὶν τειρεσίαο πυθέσθαι (before getting directions from . . .) Od. 10.537 = Od. 11.50 = 89.
With clause : ἠὲ . . . ἦ . . . Il. 10.308, 395. Cf. Il. 11.649: Od. 4.713, Od. 9.88 = Od. 10.100.
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- 1learn c. acc. & inf. “πεύθομαι δʼ αὐτὰν κατακλυσθεῖσαν ἐκ δούρατος ἐναλίαν βᾶμεν” P. 4.38 “πεύθομαι γάρ νιν Πελίαν ἀποσυλᾶσαι” P. 4.109