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ῥαίνω

ῥαίνω, to sprinkle, besprinkle

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ῥαίνοντες present active participle masculine nominative plural, present active participle masculine vocative plural of ῥαίνω

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ῥαίνω, Pi. I. 8(7).50, Xenarch. 7.7: fut. ῥᾰνῶ Antiph. 217.12, Lyc. 1104, but Att. also ῥᾱνῶ (like φᾱνῶ) acc. to A.D. Adv. 187.27: aor. ἔρρᾱνα Arched. 2.5, E. Rh. 73, Cyc. 402 (ἐξ-), Trag.Adesp. 90; Ion. ἔρρηνα Hp. (v. infr.); ἔρηνα Opp. H. 2.100: pf. ἔρραγκα (δι-) LXX Pr. 7.17:— Med., aor. ἐρρᾱνάμην (περι-) Aristobul. 6 J., Plu. Arist. 20, Longus 3.28:—Pass., aor. ἐρράνθην Pi. P. 5.100, Arist. Pr. 938a35: pf. ἔρραμμαι Persae. ap. Ath. 4.140f; later ἔρρασμαι Sch.D Il. 12.431.—Ep. aor. imper. ῥάσσατε Od. 20.150, 3 pl. pf. Pass. ἐρράδαται ib. 354, plpf. ἐρράδατο Il. 12.431 [ᾰ] are formed as if from pres. ῥάζω, cf. περιρραίνω I.
    • I sprinkle, besprinkle, with acc. of the object besprinkled,
      • 1 prop. with liquids, ῥάσσατε (sc. δῶμα ὕδατι) Od. 20.150; ῥᾶνον δόμους Com.Adesp. 1211, cf. Thphr. CP 4.3.3; ὕδατι τοὺς λειποψυχοῦντας Id. Fr. 10.6; φόνῳ πεδίον Pi. I. l.c.; ἐλαίῳ ῥήνας Hp. Fract. 21; ἐκ καλπίδων μύροις ῥ. Plb. 30.25.17:—Pass., πύργοι καὶ ἐπάλξιες αἵματι φωτῶν ἐρράδατʼ Il. 12.431; αἵματι δʼ ἐρράδαται τοῖχοι Od. 20.354; αἵματι βωμὸς ἐραίνετʼ E. IA [1589]; τὰ πρόσωπα διὰ τὸ ῥαίνεσθαι μέλανα γίνεται Arist. HA 579a2.
      • 2 also of solids, bestrew, besprinkle, [ἵπποι] ῥαίνοντο κονίῃ Il. 11.282; ῥ. χθόνα καρπῷ Nonn. D. 2.65.
      • 3 metaph., ῥ. τινὰ ὕμνῳ, νᾶσον εὐλογίαις, Pi. P. 8.57, I. 6(5).21; θεῶν . . ὅμιλον ἀμβρότᾳ ῥαίνοις α μοίσᾳ IG 42(1).130.24.
    • II sprinkle, scatter, with acc. of the thing scattered or sprinkled, ῥανῶ τε πεδόσʼ ἐγκέφαλον will scatter it on the ground, E. Fr. 384 (dub. l.); ῥαίνειν sprinkle (water) on the fish, Xenarch. l.c.; ῥαίνειν ὀξίδας ἐς τὰ βλέφαρα sprinkle vinegar in their eyes, Ar. Ra. 1441; ῥ. πυρούς Opp. H. 2.100; χοάς Lyc. 1185.
    • III abs., sprinkle water, Arist. HA 620a12; ῥανίσι ῥ. let water fall in drops, Id. Mete. 374b1.

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