ἐπιπταίρω

ἐπιπταίρω,

• sneeze at, υἱός μοι ἐπέπταρε πᾶσιν ἔπεσσιν he sneezed as I spoke the words (a good omen), Od. 17.545, cf. h.Merc. 297, Nonn. D. 7.107: metaph., to be gracious to, favour, Ἔρωτές τινι ἐπέπταρον Theoc. 7.96; ἀγαθός τις ἐ. ἐρχομένῳ Id. 18.16.

ἐπιπταίρω, dabei, dazu niesen, z.B. πᾶσιν ἔπεσσιν, zu allen Worten, Od. 17.545, welches als glückbedeutendes Zeichen galt (vgl. Xen. An. 3.2.9). Dah. übertr. von den Göttern, Einem gnädig sein, Theocr. 7.96, vgl. 18.16.

†ἐπιπταίρω

[ἐπι- 4.]

3 sing. aor. ἐπέπταρε.

To sneeze at, i.e. as giving a favourable omen to accompany.

With dat.: πᾶσι ἔπεσσιν Od. 17.545.

ἐπιπταίρω , aor. ἐπέπταρε: sneeze at; τινὶ ἐπέεσσιν (at oneʼs words, a lucky omen; πᾶσι, means that the omen applied to all she had said), Od. 17.545†.

ἐπιπταίρω aor2 -έπταρον

• to sneeze at, ἐπέπταρε ἔπεσσιν he sneezed as I spoke the words, a good omen, Od.:—metaph. of the gods, to be gracious to, τινί Theocr.