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δεψέω

From LSJ

Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

German (Pape)

[Seite 555] erweichen, kneten; Nebenform von δέψω, δέφω, Latein. depso; einmal bei Homer, Odyss. 12. 48 ἐπὶ δ' οὔατ' ἀλεῖψαι ἑταίρων κηρὸν δεψήσας; Apollon. Lex. Homer. p. 58, 3 δεψῆσαι· μαλάξαι. Composita bei Homer nicht, aber ἀδέψητος.