Poetic expressions

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ὃ δ᾽ ἤϊε νυκτὶ ἐοικώς

(Hom. Il. 1.47)

("and his coming was like the night.")

ὃ: "h", NOM sg masc.

ἤϊε: "he was coming", verb 3rd sg imperf ind act epic ionic. from εἶμι ("to go, come")

ἐοικώς: "seeming like", part sg perf act masc nom attic_redupl, from ἔοικα ("to be like, to look like")

νυκτὶ: "the night", DAT sg fem (NOM: νύξ)

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νῆσος δενδρήεσσα

(Hom. Od. 1.51)

("wooded island")

νῆσος: "island", NOM sg f.

δενδρήεσσα: "wooded", NOM sf. f. (masc: δενδρήεις), from δένδρον -ου, τό, "tree"

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Ὀρφεὺς ὁ ἀσκήσας κιθαρῳδίαν, ὃς ᾁδων ἐκίνει λίθους τε καὶ δένδρα.

(Apollod. 1.3.2)

("Orpheus, who played the kithara and by singing moved stones and trees.")

λίθους τε καὶ δένδρα: "stones and trees" ACC pl f/nt II decl (NOM sg: λίθος, δένδρον);

ᾁδων: "by singing", NOM sg masc part pres act contr, from ἀείδω "to sing";

ἐκίνει: "moved", 3rd sg imperf ind act attic epic contr, from κινέω, "to set in motion, to move";

ἀσκήσας: "practiced", PART sg AOR act masc NOM attic epic ionic, from ἀσκέω "to work, to form by art; to practise, exercise, train"

κιθαρῳδίαν: "singing to the kithara", noun sg fem ACC attic doric aeolic, from NOM κιθαρῳδία

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πολὺ δ᾽ ὕδωρ
καλὸν ὑπεκπρόρεεν μάλα περ ῥυπόωντα καθῆραι

(Hom. Od. 6.86-87)

("water plentiful and clear was flowing, to cleanse even exceedingly filthy things.")

πολὺ: "plentiful, abundant" (from πολύς, "much, many"), adj sg neut nom attic epic indeclform.

ὕδωρ: "water", noun sg neut nom indeclform.

καλὸν: "clear" (from καλός, "beautiful, fair, good"), adj sg neut nom.

ὑπεκπρόρεεν: "was flowing" (from ὑπεκπρορέω, "to flow forth under"), verb 3rd sg imperf ind act epic ionic nu_movable.

καθῆραι: "to cleanse" (from καθαίρω, "to make pure or clean, cleanse, clean, purge"), verb aor inf act (the infinitive here is used as a result clause).

περ: "even, although, however much, no matter how much" (particle enclitic indeclform. enclit), with concessive value, adding force to the word to which it is added.

μάλα: "exceedingly", adv indeclform.

ῥυπόωντα: "filthy things" (from ῥυπάω, "to be foul, filthy, dirty"), part pl pres act neut acc epic.

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