ποτίζω

ποτίζω, Att. fut. ιῶ Gp. 17.12.3: (πότος):—

• give to drink, ἄκρητον ποτίσας Hp. Aph. 7.46; ἐπότισεν . . ὁ ἰατρὸς τὸ φάρμακον Arist. Ph. 199a34, cf. Ruf. Fr. 118; οἶνον [ὑποζυγίοις] Aen.Tact. 27.14:—Pass., Dsc. 1.11, al.
• • • 2 c. dupl. acc., τοὺς ἵππους νέκταρ ἐπότισε gave them nectar to drink, Pl. Phdr. 247e; μικρὸν ὕδωρ π. τινά LXX Ge. 24.17; ποτήριον π. τινά Ev.Marc. 9.41, cf. 1 Ep.Cor. 12.13 (Pass.).
    • 3 water, [τὰ φυόμενα] X. Smp. 2.25, cf. LXX Ge. 2.6; irrigate, φυτά PCair.Zen. 72.4 (iii B. C.); π. τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ χερός ib. 155.3 (iii B. C.); also water cattle, ταύρως καὶ πόρτιας Theoc. 1.121:—Pass., of land, to be watered, to be irrigated, CPR 1.9 (i A. D.), Luc. Abd. 27, etc.
    • 4 π. οἴνῳ OGI 200.16 (Axum, iv A. D.); οἴνου Porph. Abst. 2.54 (ap. Eus. PE 4.16; οἴνῳ codd. Porph.).
    • 5 moisten, μετά τινος Zos.Alch. p.167 B.; τινι Moses ap.eund. p.183 B.