πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Full diacritics: ἐκμεθύσκω | Medium diacritics: ἐκμεθύσκω | Low diacritics: εκμεθύσκω | Capitals: ΕΚΜΕΘΥΣΚΩ |
Transliteration A: ekmethýskō | Transliteration B: ekmethyskō | Transliteration C: ekmethysko | Beta Code: e)kmequ/skw |
A make quite drunk: metaph., τὰς ῥίζας..λίαν ἐ. over-charge them with moisture, Thphr.CP5.15.3; λύχνον ἐλαιηρῆς ἐ. δρόσου AP5.3 (Phld.).
[Seite 769] (s. μεθύσκω), ganz berauschen, anfüllen, Theophr.; τινός, mit Etwas, λύχνον δρόσου ἐλαιηρῆς Philodem. 17 (V, 4).