σεύω , aor. ἔσσευα, σεῦα, mid. ipf. ἐσσεύοντο, aor. 1 σεύατο,
ἐσσεύαντο, subj. σεύωνται,
aor. 2 ἔσσυο, ἔσσυτο, σύτο, pass.
perf. ἔσσυμαι, part., w. pres. signif.
and irreg. accent, ἐσσύμενος: I. act.
and mid. aor. 1, set a going rapidly, chase, drive,
start; of impulsion by the hand of a god,
‘swung’ him, Il.
20.325; so of chasing persons down-hill, Il. 6.133; driving away animals, Od. 14.35, Il.
3.26; making a stone fly, a head roll, Il. 14.413, Il.
11.147; starting or drawing blood, Il. 5.208.—II. pass. and mid., sometimes even aor.
1, set oneself a going rapidly, rush, hasten, speed; w.
inf., σεύατο διώκειν, ‘made
haste’ to pursue, Il.
17.463, Il. 23.198; met.,
θυ_μός μοι ἔσσυται, Il. 10.484; esp. the part. ἐσσύμενος, striving, eager,
desirous, w. gen., Od.
4.733, w. inf. Od.
4.416.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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