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διαίνω

διαίνω, to wet, moisten

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διαίνου Verb: present middle-passive imperative 2nd singular, Verb: imperfect middle-passive indicative 2nd singular of διαίνω

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δῐαίνω, aor. ἐδίηνα,
  • wet, moisten, ὑπερῴην δʼ οὐκ ἐδίηνε Il. 22.495; ὄμμα διῆναι Heliod.Med(?). ap. Stob. 4.36.8 (hex.); διαίνετο . . ἄξων Il. 13.30; οἴνῳ διαίνων ἔντερʼ Axionic. 8.3:—Med., διαίνεσθαι ὄσσε wet oneʼs eyes, A. Pers. 1064 (lyr.): and abs., weep, ib. 258 (lyr.); δίαινε πῆμα. Ans. διαίνομαι weep for the woe—I weep, ib. 1038 (lyr.), cf. Sch.ad loc., S. Fr. 210.35.—Rare in Prose, Arist. Mete. 387a28.

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