ἀφύσσω
aphysso
draw
Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀφύσσω, Ep. impf. ἄφυσσον Cer. 70: fut. ἀφύξω, Dor. -ξῶ 7.65: aor. ἤφῠσα Od. 9.165, Ep. ἄφυσσα 2.379, IA 1051 (lyr.), imper. ἄφυσσον Od. 2.349:—Med., aor. ἠφῠσάμην, Ep. ἀφύσσατο Il. 16.230:—Α. draw liquids, esp. from a larger vessel with a smaller, νέκταρ ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ἀφύσσων Il. 1.598, cf. Od. 9.9; οἶνον ἐν ἀμφιφορεῦσιν ἠφύσαμεν 9.165; εἰς ἄγγεʼ ἀφύσσαι δῶρα Διωνύσου Op. 613:—Pass., πίθων ἠφύσσετο οἶνος was drawn from the winejars, Od. 23.305: metaph., ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν draw full draughts of wealth, i.e. heap it up, τινί for another, Il. 1.171; ἀ. νέκταρ ἐρώτων AP 5.225 (Paul. Sil.). 2. sound, probe, ἰητὴρ ἕλκος ἀ. H. 2.597. II. Med., draw for oneself, help oneself to, οἶνον ἀφυσσόμενος Il. 23.220; ἀπὸ Κηφισοῦ ῥοὰς . . ἀφυσσαμέναν, of Aphrodite, Med. 836 (lyr.); φύλλα ἠφυσάμην I heaped me up a bed of leaves, Od. 7.286, cf. 5.482: metaph., αἰῶνος σπειρήματʼ ἀφυσσάμενος App.Anth. 3.186.—Trag. only in l.c. and IA 1051.
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