οἴχομαι
oichomaiVerbG8468
be undone
Full Lexicon Entry
- Dep. to be gone, to have gone, Lat. abesse (not abire), in perfect sense, and imperfect *ὠιχόμην *in pluperfect sense, directly opposite to ἥκω, to have come, while ἔρχομαι, to go or come, serves as the present to both, (Homer), etc.;—;often with participle, *οἴχεται φεύγων *is fled and gone, (Iliad by Homer); *ὤιχετ᾽ ἀποπτάμενος *he hath taken flight and gone, (Iliad by Homer); *οἴχεται θανών *(see. infr.
II
1); also with an adjective, *οἴχεται φροῦδος *he's clean gone, (Aristophanes Comicus):—. to have escaped from, (Iliad by Homer)
2.Special usages
3.euphamistic for θνήσκω, to be gone hence, οἴχεται εἰς Ἀί̈*δαο *(Iliad by Homer); in attic, *οἴχεται θανών *(Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—;participle *οἰχόμενος *for θανών, departed, dead, [variant datesTragica Adespota; but in (Homer) simply absent or away, *Ὀδυσῆος πόθος οἰχομένοιο *desire of the absent Ulysses, (Odyssey by Homer)
4.to be undone, ruined, (Sophocles Tragicus); especially in *ὤιχωκα *or οἴχωκα, Lat. perii, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.
5.of things, to denote any quick, violent motion, to rush, sweep along, (Iliad by Homer)
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