ἕψω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἧψον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>505</span>, al.: fut. ἑψήσω <span class="bibl">Nicoch.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.260</span>: aor. ἥψησα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.119</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἕψω]]), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>4</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>301d</span>, etc.; cf. [[συνέψω]]: pf. ἥψηκα <span class="bibl">Ph.2.245</span>:—Med., imper. ἕψου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>310</span>: fut. ἑψήσομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>372c</span>:—Pass., ἕψεται <span class="bibl">Antiph.217.4</span>, part. [[ἑψόμενος]] <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>4.82</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>44</span>: fut. ἑψηθήσομαι Gal.13.398: aor. ἡψήθην <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.61</span>, Plu.2.690c, etc., part. ἑψηθείς Dsc.5.85, <span class="title">Eup.</span>1.139 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἑφθέντες]]): pf. [[ἡψημένος]] <span class="bibl">D.S.2.9</span>, [[ἑψημένος]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>884b14</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.78</span>.—ἕψω is Att. acc. to Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.456</span>: ἑψέω is dub., imper. [[ἕψεε]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 63, impf. [[ἥψεε]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἕψεε]] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.48</span>; elsewh. in Hdt. and Hp. the uncontracted forms are found: ἑψάω is a late form, <span class="bibl">Olymp.<span class="title">in Mete.</span> 315.8</span>, al.:—[[boil]], [[seethe]], of meat and the like (never in Hom., where meat is roasted, v. [[ὀπτάω]]), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.48</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span> 301c</span>, etc.; [[ἕψω χύτραν]] 'to [[keep the pot boiling]]', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>845</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span> 290d</span>; [[λίθον ἕψεις]] = [[bark at the moon]], [[beat a dead horse]], [[beat the air]], [[catch at straws]], [[clutch at a straw]], [[clutch at straws]], [[dig a dry hole]], [[fight a losing battle]], [[flog a dead horse]], [[grab at a straw]], [[grab at straws]], [[grasp at a straw]], [[grasp at straws]], [[piss in the wind]], [[plough the sand]], [[plow the sand]], [[waste breath]], [[waste one's breath]], [[waste one's time]] ([[proverb|prov.]] of [[useless]] [[labour]]), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>280</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Erx.</span> 405b</span>: c. gen. partit., [[ἥψομεν τοῦ κορκόρου]] = [[we]] [[boil]]ed [[some]] [[pimpernel]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>239</span>:—Med., [[ἕψου μηδὲ λυπηθῇς πυρί]] =  [[stew]] away, and don't let the [[fire]] make you [[sore]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>310</span>:—Pass., to [[be boiled]], of [[meat]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.61</span>, etc.; of [[liquid]]s, [[boil]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>379b28</span>, Plu.2.690c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[digest]], τὰ σιτία <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of metals, [[smelt]], [[refine]], [[ἑψόμενος]] [[χρυσός]] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.82</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Med., [[ἑψήσασθαι]] [[κόμη]]ν = [[dye]] the [[hair]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.35</span>:—also in Act., Phot., Hsch. ([[ἐψεῖν]] cod.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> metaph., [[γῆρας ἀνώνυμον ἕψειν]] = [[cherish]] an [[inglorious]] [[old]] [[age]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.83</span>.</span>