ἐνδύω

Alternative forms

• ἐνδῠ́νω (endúnō)

Etymology

From ἐν (en, “in”) + δύω (dúō, “I enter”). Compare Latin induo.

Pronunciation

Verb

ἐνδῠ́ω • (endúō)

1. (middle) I go into
   1. (of clothes) I put on
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.42

        ἕζετο δ᾽ ὀρθωθείς, μαλακὸν δ᾽ ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα καλὸν νηγάτεον

        hézeto d᾽ orthōtheís, malakòn d᾽ éndune khitôna kalòn nēgáteon

        He sat upright, and put on his soft tunic, fair and glistering.

      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.98

        τὸ ἐνθεῦτεν φορμοῦ τρόπον καταπλέξαντες ὡς θώρηκα ἐνδύνουσι.

        tò entheûten phormoû trópon katapléxantes hōs thṓrēka endúnousi.

        They then weave them crosswise like a mat, and wear them like a breastplate.

   2. I enter
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.622

        οὐδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἀκοντιστὺν ἐσδύσεαι

        oud᾽ ét᾽ akontistùn esdúseai

        nor shalt thou enter the contest

      • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1020

        εἰς ἀλλοτρίας γαστέρας ἐνδὺς κωμῳδικὰ πολλὰ χέασθαι

        eis allotrías gastéras endùs kōmōidikà pollà khéasthai

        slipped within the belly of another and whispered to him many a comic hit

   3. I sink in
2. (active as causal) I clothe
   • 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1021

     ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐξωμίδ᾽ ἐνδύσω σε

     allà tḕn exōmíd᾽ endúsō se

     but I will clothe you in the tunic

   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.42

     κριὸν ἕνα κατακόψαντες καὶ ἀποδείραντες κατὰ τὠυτὸ ἐνδύουσι τὤγαλμα τοῦ Διός

     kriòn héna katakópsantes kaì apodeírantes katà tōutò endúousi tṓgalma toû Diós

     they cut in pieces and flay a single ram and put the fleece on the image of Zeus