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ἕψω

ἕψω, to boil, seethe

ἕψω, impf. ἧψον Ar. Ra. 505, al.: fut. ἑψήσω Nicoch. 15, Men. 260: aor. ἥψησα Hdt. 1.119 (v.l. ἕψ-), Ar. Fr. 4, Pl. Euthd. 301d, etc.; cf. συν-έψω: pf. ἥψηκα Ph. 2.245:—Med., imper. ἕψου A. Fr. 310: fut. ἑψήσομαι Pl. R. 372c:—Pass., ἕψεται Antiph. 217.4, part. ἑψόμενος Pi. N. 4.82, Hp. Int. 44: fut. ἑψηθήσομαι Gal. 13.398: aor. ἡψήθην Hdt. 4.61, Plu. QConv. 2.690c, etc., part. ἑψηθείς Dsc. 5.85, Eup. 1.139 (v.l. ἑφθέντες): pf. ἡψημένος D.S. 2.9, ἑψ- Arist. Pr. 884b14, Hp. Mul. 1.78.—ἕψω is Att. acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.456: ἑψέω is dub., imper. ἕψεε v.l. in Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 63, impf. ἥψεε v.l. ἕψεε Hdt. 1.48; elsewh. in Hdt. and Hp. the uncontracted forms are found: ἑψάω is a late form, Olymp. in Mete. 315.8, al.:—
  • boil, seethe, of meat and the like (never in Hom., where meat is roasted, v. ὀπτάω), Hdt. 1.48, al., Hp. VM 3, Pl. Euthd. 301c, etc.; ἕ. χύτραν ‘to keep the pot boiling’, Ar. Ec. 845, Pl. Hp.Ma. 290d; prov. of useless labour, λίθον ἕψεις Ar. V. 280 (lyr.), Pl. Erx. 405b: c. gen. partit., ἥψομεν τοῦ κορκόρου we boiled some pimpernel, Ar. V. 239:—Med., ἕψου μηδὲ λυπηθῇς πυρί A. Fr. 310:—Pass., to be boiled, of meat, Hdt. 4.61, etc.; of liquids, boil, Arist. Mete. 379b28, Plu. QConv. 2.690c.
      • 2 digest, τὰ σιτία Hp. Acut. 28.
      • 3 of metals, smelt, refine, ἑψόμενος χρυσός Pi. N. 4.82.
      • 4 Med., ἑψήσασθαι κόμην dye it, Poll. 2.35:—also in Act., Phot., Hsch. (ἐψεῖν cod.).
      • 5 metaph., γῆρας ἀνώνυμον ἕψειν cherish an inglorious old age, Pi. O. 1.83.

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