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[[extinguish]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σβεννύναι]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 77), [[ἀποσβεννύναι]], [[κατασβεννύναι]]. | |||
[[quenched]]: use also [[verse|V.]] [[μαυρούμενος]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Agamemnon]]'' 296). | |||
[[the Athenians on their side devised preventives so as to quench the fire]]: [[prose|P.]] οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι… ἀντεμηχανήσαντο σβεστήρια κωλύματα ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]], 7, 53). | |||
Met., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀποσβεννύναι]], [[κατασβεννύναι]], [[σβεννύναι]] ([[Plato]]). | |||
[[put down]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατέχειν]], [[καθαιρεῖν]], [[παύειν]]. | |||
[[glut]], [[satisfy]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐμπιπλάναι]], [[ἐκπιμπλάναι]]; see [[glut]]. | |||
[[quench one's thirst]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πίνειν]]. | |||
[[from desire to quench their thirst]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τοῦ πιεῖν ἐπιθυμίᾳ]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 7, 84). | |||
[[strangers could you point out a river stream whereat we might quench our thirst]]? [[verse|V.]] [[ξένοι φράσαιτ' ἂν νᾶμα ποτάμιον πόθεν δίψης ἄκος λάβοιμεν]]; ([[Euripides]], ''[[Cyclops]]'' 96). | |||
[[a thirst that cannot be quenched]]: [[prose|P.]] [[δίψα ἄπαυστος]], ἡ ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 49). | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:40, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
extinguish: P. and V. σβεννύναι (Thuc. 2, 77), ἀποσβεννύναι, κατασβεννύναι.
quenched: use also V. μαυρούμενος (Aesch., Agamemnon 296).
the Athenians on their side devised preventives so as to quench the fire: P. οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι… ἀντεμηχανήσαντο σβεστήρια κωλύματα (Thuc., 7, 53).
Met., P. and V. ἀποσβεννύναι, κατασβεννύναι, σβεννύναι (Plato).
put down: P. and V. κατέχειν, καθαιρεῖν, παύειν.
glut, satisfy: P. and V. ἐμπιπλάναι, ἐκπιμπλάναι; see glut.
quench one's thirst: P. and V. πίνειν.
from desire to quench their thirst: P. τοῦ πιεῖν ἐπιθυμίᾳ (Thuc. 7, 84).
strangers could you point out a river stream whereat we might quench our thirst? V. ξένοι φράσαιτ' ἂν νᾶμα ποτάμιον πόθεν δίψης ἄκος λάβοιμεν; (Euripides, Cyclops 96).
a thirst that cannot be quenched: P. δίψα ἄπαυστος, ἡ (Thuc. 2, 49).
