δεψέω

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ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.

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German (Pape)

[Seite 555] erweichen, kneten; Nebenform von δέψω, δέφω, Latein. depso; einmal bei Homer, Odyss. 12. 48 ἐπὶ δ' οὔατ' ἀλεῖψαι ἑταίρων κηρὸν δεψήσας; Apollon. Lex. Homer. p. 58, 3 δεψῆσαι· μαλάξαι. Composita bei Homer nicht, aber ἀδέψητος.