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πορσύνω [υ_], fut.
A.-υ^νῶA.Supp.522, Ep. -υ^νέω (v.infr.): aor. “ἐπόρσυ_ναS.OT1476, Ep.“πόρσυ_ναOd.7.347; imper. “πόρσυνονS.Ichn.304: also πορσαίνω , Ep.Iterat. “πορσαίνεσκονA.R.4.897: Ep.fut.-α^νέω (v. infr.):—in Hom always of the wife preparing her husband's bed, hence a euphem. expression for lie with the husband, share his bed, Ἀλκίνοος δ᾽ ἄρα λέκτο μυχῷ δόμου . . , πὰρ δὲ γυνὴ δέσποινα λέχος πόρσυνε καὶ εὐνήν Od.l.c., cf. 3.403; κεῖσε δ᾽ ἐγὼν οὐκ εἶμι (says Helen) “κείνου πορσυνέουσα λέχοςIl.3.411; later Ep.“λέχος . . πορσυνέειςA.R.3.1129; “λέκτρον . . πορσαίνουσαId.4.1107,1119.
III. treat with care, tend,ἐκέλευσεν ἥρωϊ πορσαίνειν δόμεν . . βρέφοςPi.O.6.33; οὕτως ὅπως ἂν μὴ 'γκαλῇ πορσύνετε [αὐτόν] E.Rh. 878; πορσαίνειν δαίμονα honour, adore him, A.R.2.719, cf. 4.897: of things, “τεὸν οἶκον ταῦτα πορσύνοντ᾽Pi.P.4.151; τῶν δ᾽ Ὁμήρου καὶ τόδε . . ῥῆμα πόρσυν᾽ regard, esteem it, ib.278.—Both forms are found in Pi.and A.R., only πορσύνω in Prose and prob. always to be read in Trag. (never found in Com.): πορσανέουσα was read by Aristarch. in Il.3.411, but πορσυνέουσα most codd., as in Od.ll.cc.: πορσύνων, -ουσα are expld. by ἐρεθίζων, -ουσα in Hsch. (leg. ὀροθυν-).
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