quench
φιλοσοφίαν καινὴν γὰρ οὗτος φιλοσοφεῖ → this man adopts a new philosophy
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
extinguish: P. and V. σβεννύναι (Thuc. 2, 77), ἀποσβεννύναι, κατασβεννύναι.
quenched: use also V. μαυρούμενος (Aesch., Agamemnon 296).
the Athenians on their side devised preventives so as to quench the fire: P. οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι… ἀντεμηχανήσαντο σβεστήρια κωλύματα (Thuc., 7, 53).
Met., P. and V. ἀποσβεννύναι, κατασβεννύναι, σβεννύναι (Plato).
put down: P. and V. κατέχειν, καθαιρεῖν, παύειν.
glut, satisfy: P. and V. ἐμπιπλάναι, ἐκπιμπλάναι; see glut.
quench one's thirst: P. and V. πίνειν.
from desire to quench their thirst: P. τοῦ πιεῖν ἐπιθυμίᾳ (Thuc. 7, 84).
strangers could you point out a river stream whereat we might quench our thirst? V. ξένοι φράσαιτ' ἂν νᾶμα ποτάμιον πόθεν δίψης ἄκος λάβοιμεν; (Euripides, Cyclops 96).
a thirst that cannot be quenched: P. δίψα ἄπαυστος, ἡ (Thuc. 2, 49).
