ψωμίζω
ψωμίζω, to feed with sops
ψωμ-ίζω, fut. Att. -ιῶ LXX Nu. 11.4:—
- feed by putting little bits into the mouth, as nurses do to children, Ar. Th. 692, Lys. 19, Hp. Morb. 4.54; or sick people, Id. Epid. 7.3; ψ. τινά τι LXX l.c.:—Pass., ἐπίσταμαι γὰρ . ., οἷς ψωμίζεται with what tit-bits he is fed, Ar. Eq. 715.
- II give food by hand, σῖτον οὐδʼ ἐάν τις ψωμίζῃ δύνανται καταπιεῖν Arist. HA 592a30; bestow for food, ψ. πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα 1 Ep.Cor. 13.3.
- 2 bait, ἄγκιστρον PFay. 2 iii 14 (Lyr.Adesp.).
ψωμίζω (f. att. -ιῶ) couper les morceaux, d’où : mettre les morceaux dans la bouche, acc. en parl. d’enfants, Ar. Th. 692, Lys. 19 ; de malades, Hpc. 1208d; avec l’acc. de l’objet donné comme aliment, Arstt. H.A. 8, 3, 1 ; avec double rég. : ψ. τινά τι, Hpc. 511, 33 ; Spt. Num. 11, 4, mettre de la nourriture dans la bouche de qqn, donner à qqn des bouchées de nourriture, au pass. Ar. Eq. 715.
Étym. ψωμός.
ψωμίζω, Einen füttern, indem man ihm die Bissen, die man gekaut hat, in den Mund steckt, Ar. Lys. 19, Th. 692 ; übh. füttern, mästen, τινά τινι, Eq. 715.
Strong 5595
to feed with morsels (as children or the sick; Hippocr.), hence, generally, in late writers, to feed, nourish: c. acc. pers., Ro 12:20
(LXX); c. acc rei, to give out for food, I Co 13:3 (cf. WM, § 32, 4a
n; for dupl. acc., cf. Nu 11:4, Si 15:3, al.).†
ψωμίζω,
- Ito feed with sops or tid-bits, Ar.:— Pass., οἷς ψωμίζεται with what tid-bits he is fed, Ar.
- IIto employ in feeding others, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα NTest.