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   A rain, Democr.14.8, LXX Ps.67(68).10, Ev.Matt. 7.25, Ph.1.48, Gp.2.39.7.    II moistening, Dsc.1.49, Philagr. ap. Orib.5.32.1, Mnesith.ib.8.35.11; steeping, in brewing, PTeb.401.27 (i A. D.).    III inundation of the Nile, in pl., POxy.280.5 (i A. D.), Heph.Astr.1.23.    2 irrigation, Thphr.HP9.6.3, PPetr.3p.119 (iii B. C.).