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καταμύω

καταμύω, to close one’s eyes, doze off

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καταμύοντας present active participle masculine accusative plural of καταμύω

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καταμύω, Ep. aor. inf. καμμῦσαι v.l. in Batr. 191; καμμύειν, aor. ἐκάμμυσα, etc., also in later Gr.,
  • v. καμμύω:—close the eyes, κ. τὰ βλέφαρα X. Cyn. 5.11; τὰ ὄμματα Hp. Epid. 7.83; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς LXX (v. καμμύω) ; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ὄμμα Ph. 1.645, cf. 2.414; κ. τῷ νοερῷ ὄμματι M.Ant. 4.29: more freq. alone, close the eyes, Str. 6.1.14; κ. ὑπʼ ἐκπλήξεως Philostr. VA 6.11: hence, drop asleep, doze, Batr. l.c., Ar. V. 92: euphem. for καταθνῄσκειν, Luc. DMeretr. 7.2, D.L. 4.49. [ῡ in pres., Hedyl. ap. Ath. 8.345a: in aor., Batr. l.c.; v. μύω.]

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