κατασβέννυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or κατασβεννύω, Ion. aor. inf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -σβῶσαι <span class="bibl">Herod.5.39</span>:—<b class="b2">put out, quench</b>, κατέσβεσε θεσπιδαὲς πῦρ <span class="bibl">Il.21.381</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.293</span> (tm.), <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Or.</span>697</span>, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">ἔστιν θάλασσα, τίς δέ νιν κατασβέσει</b>; who <b class="b2">shall dry</b> it <b class="b2">up?</b> <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>958</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>584</span>; <b class="b3">κ. βοήν, ἔριν</b>, <b class="b2">quell</b> noise, strife, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1149</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>422</span>; ἀνομίαν <span class="bibl">Critias 25.40</span> D.; τὰς ἡδονάς <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>838b</span>; τὴν δυσχέρειαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>334c</span>; τὴν ταραχήν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.3.55</span>; Χολήν Herod. l. c.; <b class="b3">κ. τὰ τραύματα</b> <b class="b2">heal</b> them, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMar.</span>11.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., fut. <b class="b3">-σβήσομαι</b> (v. infr.), with aor. 2 and pf. Act., <b class="b2">go out, be quenched</b>, <b class="b3">καιόμενον τὸν Χρυσὸν κατασβῆναι</b> (aor. 2) <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.5</span>; κατασβεσθῆναι τὴν πυρήν <span class="bibl">Id.1.87</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ κάνθαρος</b> (i. e. the Sun) -σβήσεται <span class="title">PMag.Lend.V.</span>2.18: metaph., κλαυμάτων πηγαὶ . . κατεσβήκασι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 888</span>; of tumours, κατέσβη <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.1</span>; <b class="b3">κατασβεννύμενος</b>, of passion, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>411c</span>; κατασβεσθεὶς ταῖς ἐλπίσιν Plu.2.168f; of the wind, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tim.</span>19</span>.</span>