ἕψω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἧψον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>505</span>, al.: fut. ἑψήσω <span class="bibl">Nicoch.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.260</span>: aor. ἥψησα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.119</span> (v.l. [[ἕψ]]-), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>4</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>301d</span>, etc.; cf. <b class="b3">συν-έψω</b>: pf. ἥψηκα <span class="bibl">Ph.2.245</span>:—Med., imper. ἕψου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>310</span>: fut. ἑψήσομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>372c</span>:—Pass., ἕψεται <span class="bibl">Antiph.217.4</span>, part. ἑψόμενος <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>4.82</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>44</span>: fut. ἑψηθήσομαι Gal.13.398: aor. ἡψήθην <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.61</span>, Plu.2.690c, etc., part. ἑψηθείς Dsc.5.85, <span class="title">Eup.</span>1.139 (v.l. [[ἑφθέντες]]): pf. ἡψημένος <span class="bibl">D.S.2.9</span>, <b class="b3">ἑψ</b>- <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>884b14</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.78</span>.—ἕψω is Att. acc. to Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.456</span>: ἑψέω is dub., imper. <b class="b3">ἕψεε</b> v.l. in Hp.<b class="b2">Acut. (Sp</b>.) 63, impf. <b class="b3">ἥψεε</b> v.l. [[ἕψεε]] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.48</span>; elsewh. in Hdt. and Hp. the uncontracted forms are found: ἑψάω is a late form, <span class="bibl">Olymp.<span class="title">in Mete.</span> 315.8</span>, al.:—[[boil]], [[seethe]], of meat and the like (never in Hom., where meat is roasted, v. [[ὀπτάω]]), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.48</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span> 301c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἕ. χύτραν</b> '[[to keep]] the pot [[boiling]]', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>845</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span> 290d</span>; prov. of useless labour, λίθον ἕψεις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>280</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Erx.</span> 405b</span>: c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">ἥψομεν τοῦ κορκόρου</b> we [[boiled some]] pimpernel, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>239</span>:—Med., ἕψου μηδὲ λυπηθῇς πυρί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>310</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be boiled</b>, of meat, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.61</span>, etc.; of liquids, [[boil]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>379b28</span>, Plu.2.690c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[digest]], τὰ σιτία <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of metals, [[smelt]], [[refine]], ἑψόμενος χρυσός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.82</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Med., <b class="b3">ἑψήσασθαι κόμην</b> [[dye]] it, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.35</span>:—also in Act., Phot., Hsch. (<b class="b3">ἐψεῖν</b> cod.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph., <b class="b3">γῆρας ἀνώνυμον ἕψειν</b> [[cherish]] an inglorious old age, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.83</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[kook]], [[seethe]] (Ion.-Att.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">ἑψῆσαι</b>, fut. <b class="b3">ἑψήσω</b> (Ion.-Att.), perf.<b class="b3">ἥψηκα</b> (Ph.); new presents <b class="b3">ἑψέω</b>, <b class="b3">-άω</b>;<br />Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. <b class="b3">ἀφ-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>,<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἕψημα</b> <b class="b2">what is cooked, meal, soupe</b> (Ion.-Att.) with <b class="b3">ἑψηματώδης</b> (Dsc.), hell. <b class="b3">ἕψεμα</b> (LXX; cf. Schwyzer 523), <b class="b3">ἕψησις</b> [[cooking]] (Ion.-Att.); <b class="b3">ἑψητήρ</b>, <b class="b3">-τήριον</b>, <b class="b3">-τής</b>, <b class="b3">-τικός</b> (hell.); <b class="b3">ἑφθός</b> [[cooked]] (Ion.-Att.; with <b class="b3">ἄπ-εφθος</b> a. o.), <b class="b3">ἐψητός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>, also name of a fish (Ar., X.; cf. Strömberg Fischnamen 89), <b class="b3">ἑψανός</b> <b class="b2">cooked, to be cooked</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">ἑψαλέος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Nic.; after <b class="b3">ὀπταλέος</b> [Hom.] a. o.); also <b class="b3">ἑψέϊνα</b> n. pl. meaning unclear (PLond. 3, 1177, 217; IIp). - From <b class="b3">ἄπεφθος</b> NGr. <b class="b3">ἀπόχτι</b> (through <b class="b3">ἀπόφθι(ον</b>)) [[dried food]] (Crete), [[salted meat]] (Cyprus), s. Hatzidakis Glotta 3, 72f.; from <b class="b3">ἑψανός</b> NGr. <b class="b3">ψανός</b> <b class="b2">what is roasted</b>, <b class="b3">ψάνη</b> [[wheat]], s. Georgakas ByzZ 41, 380f.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Cannot be separated from Arm. [[ep]][[em]] [[cook]]. As Arm. [[p]] can hardly represent (with Pedersen KZ 39, 428) IE [[ps]], we should posit IE <b class="b2">*seph-</b>, which would have had an s-enlargement in Greek (Schwyzer 706). The [[new]] (familiar?) Greco-Armenian word ousted old <b class="b3">πέσσειν</b> (s. v.). Cf. Porzig Gliederung 156. An other expression for [[cook]] is [[ζέω]], s. v. The word is prob. Pre-Greek (Fur. 327, who compares <b class="b3">δέφω</b> \/ <b class="b3">δέψω</b>.