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ἐπιψεκάζω, to keep dropping

ἐπιψεκάζω, old Att. ἐπι-ψᾰκάζω,
  • keep dropping, ἂν..οἱ παῖδες ἡμῖν.. μικραῖς κύλιξι πυκνὰ ἐπιψακάζωσιν, jocosely for ἐπιπίνωσιν, X. Smp. 2.26; ἐ. ὀλίγα τινὶ τῶν χαρίτων Luc. Merc.Cond. 27: abs., ὁ θεὸς ἐπιψακάζει, of small rain, Ar. Pax 1141: metaph., θεὸς ἐ. σοφίαν διανοίαις Ph. 1.501, cf. 2.383.
      • 2 sprinkle, [σπῖνον] Thphr. Lap. 13; πυρκαϊάν Hld. 6.14.

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