ἕψω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἧψον Ar.''Ra.''505, al.: fut. ἑψήσω Nicoch.15, Men.260: aor. ἥψησα Hdt.1.119 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἕψω]]), Ar.''Fr.''4, Pl.''Euthd.''301d, etc.; cf. [[συνέψω]]: pf. ἥψηκα Ph.2.245:—Med., imper. ἕψου A.''Fr.''310: fut. ἑψήσομαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 372c:—Pass., ἕψεται Antiph.217.4, part. [[ἑψόμενος]] Pi. ''N.''4.82, Hp.''Int.''44: fut. ἑψηθήσομαι Gal.13.398: aor. ἡψήθην Hdt.4.61, Plu.2.690c, etc., part. ἑψηθείς Dsc.5.85, ''Eup.''1.139 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἑφθέντες]]): pf. [[ἡψημένος]] D.S.2.9, [[ἑψημένος]] Arist.''Pr.''884b14, Hp.''Mul.''1.78.—ἕψω is Att. acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.456: ἑψέω is dub., imper. [[ἕψεε]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 63, impf. [[ἥψεε]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἕψεε]] Hdt.1.48; elsewhere in Hdt. and Hp. the uncontracted forms are found: ἑψάω is a late form, Olymp.''in Mete.'' 315.8, al.:—[[boil]], [[seethe]], of meat and the like (never in Hom., where meat is roasted, v. [[ὀπτάω]]), Hdt.1.48, al., Hp.''VM''3, Pl.''Euthd.'' 301c, etc.; [[ἕψω χύτραν]] 'to [[keep the pot boiling]]', Ar.''Ec.''845, Pl.''Hp.Ma.'' 290d; [[λίθον ἕψεις]] = [[bark at the moon]], [[beat a dead horse]], [[beat the air]], [[catch at straws]], [[clutch at a straw]], [[clutch at straws]], [[dig a dry hole]], [[fight a losing battle]], [[flog a dead horse]], [[grab at a straw]], [[grab at straws]], [[grasp at a straw]], [[grasp at straws]], [[piss in the wind]], [[plough the sand]], [[plow the sand]], [[waste breath]], [[waste one's breath]], [[waste one's time]] ([[proverb|prov.]] of [[useless]] [[labour]]), Ar.''V.''280 (lyr.), Pl.''Erx.'' 405b: c. gen. partit., [[ἥψομεν τοῦ κορκόρου]] = [[we]] [[boil]]ed [[some]] [[pimpernel]], Ar.''V.''239:—Med., [[ἕψου μηδὲ λυπηθῇς πυρί]] = [[stew]] away, and don't let the [[fire]] make you [[sore]] A.''Fr.''310:—Pass., to [[be boiled]], of [[meat]], Hdt.4.61, etc.; of [[liquid]]s, [[boil]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''379b28, Plu.2.690c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[digest]], τὰ σιτία Hp.''Acut.''28.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of metals, [[smelt]], [[refine]], [[ἑψόμενος]] [[χρυσός]] Pi.''N.''4.82.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Med., [[ἑψήσασθαι]] [[κόμη]]ν = [[dye]] the [[hair]], Poll.2.35:—also in Act., Phot., [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] ([[ἐψεῖν]] cod.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> metaph., [[γῆρας ἀνώνυμον ἕψειν]] = [[cherish]] an [[inglorious]] [[old]] [[age]], Pi.''O.''1.83.