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κενόω

κενόω, to empty out, drain

κενόω, E. Med. 959, Pl. Smp. 197d; Ep. κεινόω Nic. Th. 56, Al. 140: fut. κενώσω E. Ion 447: aor. ἐκένωσα Id. Ba. 730: pf. κεκένωκα App. BC 5.67:—Pass., fut. κενωθήσομαι Gal. 4.709, κενεώσομαι Emp. 16: aor. ἐκενώθην Th. 2.51: pf. κεκένωμαι Hdt. 4.123, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 9: (κενός): —
  • empty, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα A. Pers. 718 (troch.); ναούς E. Ion l.c.: c. gen., empty of a thing, ἀνδρῶν τάνδε πόλιν κενῶσαι A. Supp. 660, cf. E. Rh. 914 (lyr.); χέρας [δώρων] Id. Med. l.c.; τινὰ τᾶς συοπλουτοσύνας Cerc. 4.13; opp. πληροῦν τινά τινος, Pl. l.c., cf. R. 560d:—Pass., to be emptied, made or left empty, S. OT 29; ἐς τὸ κενούμενον into the space continually left empty, Th. 2.76; οἰκίαι πολλαὶ ἐκενώθησαν ib. 51: c.gen., τούτων κενεώσεται . . αἰών will be left without them, Emp. l.c.; κεκενωμένου τοῦ τείχεος πάντων stripped of all things, Hdt. l.c.
      • 2 make a place empty by leaving it, desert it, βωμοῦ ἐσχάραν E. Andr. 1138; λόχμην Id. Ba. l.c.:—Pass., κενωθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν Th. 8.57.
      • 3 Medic., empty by depletion, opp. πληροῦν, Hp. Aph. 2.51, cf. Aret. CA 1.2, Gal. l.c.; τινα Phld. Lib. p.30 O.; carry off, αἷμα Luc. Ocyp. 93; ἐκ τοῦ σώματος χολήν Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.13:—Pass., τὰ κενούμενα evacuations, Id. 6.78 [Kühn 1.41?], Antyll. ap. Stob. 4.37.27.
      • 4 empty out, pour away, φάρμακον Iamb.Bab. 7: metaph., πλοῦτον f.l. in Ph. 1.119:—Pass., τοῦ λαοῦ κενωθέντος D.S. 24.1; make away with, θανάτου βάρος Cypr. Fr. 1.6.
      • 5 expend, εἴς με κένωσον πᾶν βέλος AP 5.57 (Arch.).
      • 6 in Pass., waste away, shrivel, Thphr. HP 7.4.3, 9.14.3.
    • II metaph., make empty, ἑαυτόν Ep.Phil. 2.7; make void or of no effect, καύχημα 1 Ep.Cor. 9.15; ὑπάρξεις Vett.Val. 90.7:—Pass., to be or become so, Ep.Rom. 4.14.

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