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πάσσω

πάσσω, to sprinkle

πάσσω, Att. πάττω Ar. Nu. 912: fut. πάσω [ᾰ] Crates Com. 14.10, Ar. Eq. 99 (κατα-): aor. ἔπᾰσα LXX Ex. 9.8 and in compds.:— Med., aor. ἐπᾰσάμην ib. 3 Ma. 1.18:— Pass., aor. ἐπάσθην ( ἐπ-) Pl. R. 405e: pf. πέπασμαι LXX Es. 1.6, etc.: plpf. ἐπέπαστο A.R. 1.729, πέπαστο Longus 1.12: Hom. uses only pres. and impf., and these only in Il.:—
  • sprinkle, ἐπὶ . . ὀδυνήφατα φάρμακα πάσσων laying healing drugs upon a wound, Il. 5.401, 900, etc.; τὰ Δέλφιδος ὀστία πάσσω Theoc. 2.21; esp. sprinkle salt, c. gen. partit., πάσσε δʼ ἁλὸς θείοιο sprinkle some salt, Il. 9.214; π. τῶν ἁλῶν ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ Luc. DMeretr. 4.5.
      • 2 besprinkle, οὔκουν . . σεαυτὸν ἁλσὶ πάσεις; Crates Com. l.c., cf. Thphr. Char. 9.2; χρυσῷ, ῥόδοις π. τινά, Ar. Nu. 912, 1330.
    • II Med., sprinkle oneself with ashes, LXX 3 Ma. 1.18.

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