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βάπτω

βάπτω, to dip in water

βάπτω, fut. βάψω (ἐμ-) Ar. Pax 959: aor. ἔβαψα S. Aj. 95, etc.:— Med., fut. βάψομαι Ar. Lys. 51: aor. ἐβαψάμην Arat. 951, AP 9.326 (Leon.):—Pass., fut. βᾰφήσομαι LXX Le. 11.32, M.Ant. 8.51: aor. ἐβάφθην AP 6.254 (Myrin.), (ἀπ-) Ar. Fr. 416; in Att. generally ἐβάφην [ᾰ] Pl. R. 429e, etc.: pf. βέβαμμαι Hdt. 7.67, Ar. Pax 1176.
    • I trans., dip, ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν . . εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ (so as to temper the red-hot steel) Od. 9.392; β. εἰς ὕδωρ Pl. Ti. 73e, cf. Emp. 100.11; τἄρια θερμῷ Ar. Ec. 216; εἰς μέλι, εἰς κηρόν, Arist. HA 605a29, de An. 435a2:—Pass., βαπτόμενος σίδηρος iron in process of being tempered, Plu. Sanit. 2.136a; and of coral, become hard, Dsc. 5.121 (s. v. l.).
        • b of slaughter in Trag., ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος A. Pr. 863; ἔβαψας ἔγχος εὖ πρὸς Ἀργείων στρατῷ; S. Aj. 95; φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν E. Ph. 1578 (lyr.); in later Prose, εἰς τὰ πλευρὰ β. τὴν αἰχμήν D.H. 5.15; β. τὸν δάκτυλον ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος LXX Le. 4.17.
        • c also, dip in poison, ἔβαψεν ἰούς S. Tr. 574; χιτῶνα τόνδʼ ἔβαψα ib. 580.
      • 2 dye, ἔβαψεν . . ξίφος the sword dyed [the robe] red, A. Ch. 1011; β. τὰ κάλλη dye the beautiful cloths, Eup. 333; β. ἔρια ὥστʼ εἶναι ἁλουργά Pl. R. 429d; εἵματα βεβαμμένα Hdt. 7.67; τρίχας βάπτειν AP 11.68 (Lucill.): abs. in Med., dye the hair, Men. 363.4, Nicol.Com. 1.33; glaze earthen vessels, Ath. 11.480e; of gilding and silvering, Ps.-Democr.Alch. p.46 B.: Com., βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν dye one in the [red] dye of Sardes, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, Ar. Ach. 112; but βέβαπται β. Κυζικηνικόν he has been dyed in the dye of Cyzicus, i. e. is an arrant coward, Id. Pax 1176 (v. Sch.).
      • 3 draw water by dipping a vessel, ἀνθʼ ὕδατος τᾷ κάλπιδι κηρία βάψαι Theoc. 5.127; ἀρύταιναν . . ἐκ μέσου βάψασα τοῦ λέβητος ζέοντος ὕδατος draw water by dipping the bucket, Antiph. 25, cf. Thphr. Char. 9.8; βάψασα ποντίας ἁλός (sc. τὸ τεῦχος) having dipped it so as to draw water from the sea, E. Hec. 610.
      • 4 baptize, Arr. Epict. 2.9.20 (Pass.).
    • II intr., ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship dipped, sank, E. Or. 707; β. εἰς ψυχρὸν [αἱ ἐγχέλυς] Arist. HA 592a18; εἰ δʼ ὁ μὲν (sc. ἠέλιος) ἀνέφελος βάπτοι ῥόου ἑσπερίοιο Arat. 858 (ῥόον Sch.): c. acc., νῆα . . βάπτουσαν ἤδη κῦμα κυρτόν dipping into . ., Babr. 71.2:—also Med., ποταμοῖο ἐβάψατο Arat. 951.
      • 2 βάψας (sc. τὴν κώπην) Ar. Fr. 225. (Cf. ONorse kuefia ‘dip’.)

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