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πιλνάω

πιλνάω, to bring near

πιλνάω,
  • = πελάζω, bring near, once in Hes., Βορέας . . δρῦς . . πιλνᾷ χθονί brings them to earth, Op. 510; also intr., δόμοισι πιλνᾷς thou drawest nigh to the house, h.Cer. 115 (nisi leg. πίλνασαι):—elsewh. Pass. πίλνᾰμαι (with no act. form πίλνημι), draw near to, approach, c. dat., ἅρματα χθονὶ πίλνατο the chariots went close to the ground, Il. 23.368; ἐπʼ οὔδει πίλναται 19.93, cf. A.R. 4.952, Simm. 7: abs. with two subjects, Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς πίλνατο earth and sky threatened to encounter (in the storm), Hes. Th. 703:—πίτναντο must be read for πίλναντο with Aristarch. and some codd. in Il. 22.402; conversely πίλναντο for πίτναντο in Euph. 63.2.

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