λείβω
leibo
pour, pour forth
Appears 23 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λείβω, Il. 1.463, etc.: aor. inf. λεῖψαι, part. λείψας, 7.481, 24.285:— Med., aor. ἐλειψάμην Alc. 1015:—Pass., Sc. 390, (v.infr.):— A. pour, pour forth, used like σπένδω in a religious sense, οἶνον λείβειν make a libation of wine, Il. 1.463, Od. 3.460; μέθυ 12.362; also λείβειν (without οἶνον) Il. 24.285; ἐξ ἀσαμίνθου κύλικος λ. 234; esp. with a dat. of the gods to whom the libation is made, λεῖψαι Κρονίωνι Il. 7.481; θεοῖς Od. 2.432; in full, Διὶ λ. αἴθοπα οἶνον Il. 6.266, cf. 10. 579: rare in Trag., σπονδὰς θύειν τε λ. τʼ Supp. 981; σπονδὰς θεοῖς λ. Ion 1033:—Med., σπονδάς Id.Alc.l.c. II. like εἴβω (q.v.), let flow, shed, δάκρυα λ. Il. 13.88, 658, Od. 5.84, 16.214; δάκρυ λ. Th. 51; ἐκ δʼ ὀμμάτων λείβουσι δυσφιλῆ λίβα (δία cod. M) Eu. 54; διʼ ὄμματος ἀστακτὶ λ. δάκρυον OC 1251; τήκειν καὶ λ. (abs.) melt and liquefy oneʼs spirit, R. 411b:—Pass., of the tears, to be shed, pour forth, Ph. 1522 (lyr.), Cyr. 6.4.3; but also, of persons, λείβομαι δάκρυσιν κόρας have my eyes running with tears, Andr. 532 (lyr.). 2. of other liquids, κόμαι λείβουσιν ἔλαια drip with oil, Ap. 38:—Pass., ἀφρὸς περὶ στόμα λείβεται Hes.l.c., cf. Ti. 82d; ὅπλα λύθρῳ λ., τύμβος λ. μέλιτι, AP 6.163 (), 7.36 (): metaph., of sound (cf. χέω) , θρῆνον . . λειβόμενον . . σὺν καμάτῳ P. 12.10. III. in Pass., also, melt or pine away, Eq. 327 (lyr.), 2.681b.—σπένδω was nearly equiv. in sense, and was used in Att. Com. and Prose (exc. Pl.and X. ll.cc.).
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