damp

Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life – rather, it is just a corpse with a soul

Sophocles, Antigone, 1165-7

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adj.

P. and V. νοτερός, ὑγρός, διάβροχος, V. ὑδρηλός.

subs.

P. and V. νοτίς, ἡ (Plat.); see moisture.

Dampness: P. ὑγρότης, ἡ.

v. trans.

P. and V. ὑγραίνειν (Plat.), τέγγειν (Plat.), βρέχειν (Plat.), δεύειν (Plat.), νοτίζειν (Plat. and Aesch., Frag.), V. ὑγρώσσειν.

Sprinkle: V. ῥαίνειν, ὑδραίνειν.

Met., Damp ardour, etc.: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.