πιμπράω

Σοφὴ σοφῶν γὰρ γίγνεται συμβουλία → Denn nur von weisen Männern stammt der weise Rat

Menander, Monostichoi, 483

German (Pape)

(for the more common πίμπρημι (cf. Curtius, § 378, Vanicek, p. 510f)): (present infinitive passive πίμπρασθαι; but R G L Tr WH πίμπρασθαι from the form πίμπρημι (Tdf. ἐμπίπρασθαι, which see)); in Greek writings from Homer (yet only the aorist from πρήθω)) down; to blow, to burn (on the connection between these meanings cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer, under the word πρήθω); in the Scriptures four times to cause to swell, to render tumid (cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word): γαστέρα, to swell, become swollen, of parts of the body, ἐμπιπράω). (Compare: ἐμπιπράω.)

πιμπράω: (только 2 л. sing. impf. ἐπίμπρας) Eur. = πίμπρημι.