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μίγνυμι

I.like Lat. misceo, to mix, mix up, mingle, properly of liquids, οἶνον καὶ ὕδωρ Hom.; μ. τί τινι to mix one thing with another, id=Hom., etc.
II.generally, to join, bring together.
1.in hostile sense, μῖξαι χεῖράς τε μένος τε to join battle hand to hand, Il.; Ἄρη μίξουσιν Soph.
2.to bring into connexion with, make acquainted with, ἄνδρας μισγέμεναι κακότητι to bring men to misery, Od.; reversely, πότμον μῖξαί τινι to bring death upon him, Pind.
B.Pass. to be mixed up with, mingled among, προμάχοισιν ἐμίχθη Il.; ἐώλπει μίξεσθαι ξενίηι hoped to be bound by hospitable ties, Od.:—also, to mingle with, hold intercourse with, live with, id=Il., Aesch.: absol. in pl., of several persons, to hold intercourse, Od.
2.to be brought into contact with, κάρη κονίηισιν ἐμίχθη his head was rolled in the dust, Hom.; ἐν κονίηισι μιγῆναι Il.; κλισίηισι μιγῆναι to reach, get at them, id=Il.; μίσγεσθαι ἐς Ἀχαιούς to go to join them, id=Il.; μίσγεσθαι ὑπὲρ ποταμοῖο to cross the river, id=Il.; μίσγεσθαι φύλλοις, στεφάνοις to come to, i. e. win, the crown of victory, Pind.
3.in hostile sense, to mix in fight, Il.
4.to have intercourse with, to be united to, of men and women, Hom.; φιλότητι and ἐν φιλότητι μιγῆναι id=Hom.; εὐνῆι ἔμικτο Od.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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