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|Definition=fut. βάψω (ἐμ-) Ar.''Pax''959: aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔβαψα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''95, etc.:—Med., fut. βάψομαι Ar.''Lys.''51: aor. ἐβαψάμην Arat.951, ''AP''9.326 (Leon.):—Pass., fut. βᾰφήσομαι [[LXX]] ''Le.''11.32, M.Ant.8.51: aor. ἐβάφθην ''AP''6.254 (Myrin.), (ἀπ-) Ar.''Fr.''416; in Att. generally <b class="b3">ἐβάφην</b> [ᾰ] [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 429e, etc.: pf. βέβαμμαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.67, Ar.''Pax''1176.<br><span class="bld">I</span> trans., [[dip]], <b class="b3">ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν… εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ</b> (so as to temper the red-hot steel) Od.9.392; β. εἰς ὕδωρ Pl.''Ti.''73e, cf. Emp.100.11; τἄρια θερμῷ Ar.''Ec.''216; <b class="b3">εἰς μέλι, εἰς κηρόν</b>, Arist.''HA'' 605a29, ''de An.''435a2:—Pass., <b class="b3">βαπτόμενος σίδηρος</b> iron [[in process of being tempered]], Plu.2.136a; and of coral, [[become hard]], Dsc.5.121 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">b</span> of slaughter in Trag, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος A.''Pr.'' 863; ἔβαψας ἔγχος εὖ πρὸς Ἀργείων στρατῷ; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''95; φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν E.''Ph.''1578 (lyr.); in later Prose, εἰς τὰ πλευρὰ β. τὴν αἰχμήν D.H.5.15; β. τὸν δάκτυλον ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος [[LXX]] ''Le.''4.17.<br><span class="bld">c</span> also, [[dip in poison]], ἔβαψεν ἰούς S.''Tr.''574; <b class="b3">χιτῶνα τόνδ' ἔβαψα</b> ib.580.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[dye]], <b class="b3">ἔβαψεν… ξίφος</b> the sword [[dyed]] [the robe] [[red]], A.''Ch.''1011; <b class="b3">β. τὰ κάλλη</b> [[dye]] the beautiful cloths, Eup.333; β. ἔρια ὥστ' εἶναι ἁλουργά [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 429d; εἵματα βεβαμμένα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.67; τρίχας βάπτειν ''AP''11.68 (Lucill.): abs. in Med., [[dye the hair]], Men.363.4, Nicol.Com.1.33; [[glaze]] earthen vessels, Ath.11.480e; of [[gilding]] and [[silvering]], Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.46 B.: Com., <b class="b3">βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν</b> [[dye]] one in the [red] dye of Sardes, i.e. give him a bloody coxcomb, Ar. ''Ach.''112; but <b class="b3">βέβαπται β. Κυζικηνικόν</b> [[he has been dyed in]] the dye of Cyzicus, i.e. is an arrant coward, Id.''Pax''1176 (v. Sch.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[draw]] water [[by dipping]] a vessel, ἀνθ' ὕδατος τᾷ κάλπιδι κηρία βάψαι Theoc. 5.127; <b class="b3">ἀρύταιναν… ἐκ μέσου βάψασα τοῦ λέβητος ζέοντος ὕδατος</b> [[draw]] water [[by dipping]] the bucket, Antiph.25, cf. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''9.8; <b class="b3">βάψασα ποντίας ἁλός</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸ τεῦχος</b>) [[having dipped]] it [[so as to draw]] water from the sea, E.''Hec.''610.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[baptize]], Arr.''Epict.''2.9.20 (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b3">ναῦς ἔβαψεν</b> the ship [[dipped]], [[sank]], E.''Or.''707; <b class="b3">β. εἰς ψυχρὸν [αἱ ἐγχέλυς]</b> Arist.''HA''592a18; <b class="b3">εἰ δ' ὁ μὲν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἠέλιος]]) ἀνέφελος βάπτοι ῥόου ἑσπερίοιο Arat.858 ([[ῥόον]] Sch.): c. acc., <b class="b3">νῆα… βάπτουσαν ἤδη κῦμα κυρτόν</b> [[dipping into]]... Babr.71.2:—also Med., ποταμοῖο ἐβάψατο Arat. 951.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[βάψας]] (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὴν κώπην</b>) Ar.''Fr.''225. (Cf. O Norse [[kuefia]] 'dip'.)