ποτίζω

English (LSJ)

Att. fut. ιῶ Gp.17.12.3: (πότος):—

   A give to drink, ἄκρητον ποτίσας Hp.Aph.7.46; ἐπότισεν . . ὁ ἰατρὸς τὸ φάρμακον Arist.Ph.199a34, cf. Ruf.Fr.118; οἶνον [ὑποζυγίοις] Aen.Tact.27.14:—Pass., Dsc.1.11,al.    2 c. dupl. acc., τοὺς ἵππους νέκταρ ἐπότισε gave them nectar to drink, Pl.Phdr.247e; μικρὸν ὕδωρ π. τινά LXX Ge.24.17; ποτήριον π. τινά Ev.Marc.9.41, cf. 1 Ep.Cor.12.13 (Pass.).    3 water, [τὰ φυόμενα] X.Smp.2.25, cf. LXX Ge.2.6; irrigate, φυτά PCair.Zen.72.4 (iii B. C.); π. τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ χερός ib.155.3 (iii B. C.); also water cattle, ταύρως καὶ πόρτιας Theoc.1.121:—Pass., of land, to be watered, to be irrigated, CPR1.9 (i A. D.), Luc.Abd.27, etc.    4 π. οἴνῳ OGI200.16 (Axum, iv A. D.); οἴνου Porph.Abst.2.54 (ap.Eus.PE4.16; οἴνῳ codd. Porph.).    5 moisten, μετά τινος Zos.Alch.p.167 B.; τινι Moses ap.eund.p.183 B.

German (Pape)

[Seite 689] trinken lassen, zu trinken geben; νέκταρ ἐπότισε, Plat. Phaedr. 247 e, Sp., bes. N. T.; auch = das Land, die Pflanzen bewässern, begießen; pass. getränkt werden, Luc. abd. 27, τί, womit.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ποτίζω: μέλλ. -ίσω, καὶ -ιῶ, (πότος) ὡς καὶ νῦν, δίδω εἴς τινα νὰ πίῃ, ἄκρητον ποτίσας Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1260· ἐπότισεν... ὁ ἰατρὸς τὸ φάρμακον Ἀριστ. Μετὰ τὰ Φυσ. 2. 8, 11. 2) μετὰ διπλῆς αἰτ., τοὺς ἵππους νέκταρ ἐπότισε, ἔδωκεν εἰς αὐτοὺς νέκταρ νὰ πίωσι, Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 247Ε· μικρὸν ὕδωρ π. τινὰ Ἑβδ. (Γένεσ. ΚΔ΄, 17)· ποτήριον π. τινὰ Εὐαγγ. κ. Μάρκ. θ΄, 41, πρβλ. Α΄ Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Κορινθ. ιβ΄, 13. 3) ποτίζω τὴν γῆν, Νεῖλος π. χθόνα Ἀνθ. Π. 1. 100, πρβλ. Ἑβδ. (Γέν. Β΄, 6)· π. τὰ φυόμενα Ξεν. Συμπ. 2, 25· ὡσαύτως ποτίζω ζῷα, ταύρως καὶ πόρτιας Θεόκρ. 1. 121. ― Παθ., ποτίζομαι, ἐπὶ φυτῶν, Ἀριστ. π. Φυτ. 1. 7, 3· ἐπὶ γῆς, Λουκ. Ἀποκηρυττ. 27, κτλ. 4) π. οἴνῳ Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 5128. 16.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ao. ἐπότισα;
abreuver (la terre, les plantes, les bestiaux).
Étymologie: πότος.

English (Strong)

from a derivative of the alternate of πίνω; to furnish drink, irrigate: give (make) to drink, feed, water.

English (Thayer)

imperfect ἐπότιζον; 1st aorist ἐπότισα; perfect πεποτικα (ἐποτίσθην; (πότος); from (Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato down; the Sept. for הִשְׁקָה; to give to drink, to furnish drink, (Vulg. in poto (but in Revelation , the passage cited Tdf. gives potiono; A. V. to make to drink)): τινα, τινα τί, to offer one anything to drink (Winer s Grammar, § 32,4a.; (Buttmann, § 131,6)): Sept.; in figurative discourse ποτίζειν τινα γάλα, to give one teaching easy to be apprehended, οὐ βρῶμα is added; (cf. Winer s Grammar, § 66,2e.; Buttmann, § 151,30; A. V. I have fed you with milk, etc.)); τινα ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, οἶνος, b. and θυμός, 2); equivalent to to water, irrigate (plants, fields, etc.): Xenophon, symp. 2,25; Lucian, Athen., Geoponica, (Strabo, Philo); the Sept. (to imbue, saturate, τινα, one's mind, with the addition of an accusative of the thing, ἕν πνεῦμα, in the passive, L T Tr WH (Winer s Grammar, § 32,5; Buttmann, § 134,5); εἰς ἕν πνεῦμα, that we might be united into one body which is imbued with one spirit, ibid. R G (τινα πνεύματι κατανύξεως, Sirach 15:3)).