ζέω

ζέω, contr. 3sg. ζεῖ even in Il. 21.362; later Ep. ζείω Call. Dian. 60, subj. ζείῃσι Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7p.7; in late Prose ζέννυμι (q.v.): impf. ζέε Il. 21.365, ἔζεε Hes. Th. 695, ἔζει S. OC 434: fut. ζέσω (ἐξανα-) A. Pr. 372: aor. ἔζεσα Hdt. 7.188, cf. ἐπιζέω; Ep. ζέσσα Il. 18.349:—Pass., aor. ἐζέσθην (ἀπ-) Dsc. 1.3, (ἐν-) Aret. CA 1.2: pf. ἔζεσμαι Gp. 10.54.3:—A. boil, seethe, of water, ἐπεὶ δὴ ζέσσεν ὕδωρ ἐνὶ ἤνοπι χαλκῷ Il. 18.349, Od. 10.360; ὡς δὲ λέβης ζεῖ ἔνδον as the kettle boils, Il. 21.362, cf. E. Cyc. 343; rarely of solids, to be fiery hot, χθὼν ἔζεε Hes. Th. 695,847; χαλκός Call. l.c. 2. ferment, Hp. VM 11; γλεύκους ζέοντος Dsc. 5.8. 3. metaph., boil or bubble up, τῆς θαλάσσης ζεσάσης Hdt. 7.188; αἷμα διὰ χρωτὸς ζέσσʼ AP 7.208 (Anyte); οἶνος ζεῖ Pl. Lg. 773d. b. of passion, ὁπηνίκʼ ἔζει θυμός S. OC 434, cf. Pl. R. 440c, etc.; τὸ ζέον τῆς μάχης Hld. 1.33. 4. c. gen., boil up or over with a thing, λίμνη ζέουσα ὕδατος καὶ πηλοῦ Pl. Phd. 113a; πίθος ζ. [οἴνου] Thphr. HP 9.17.3; πεδία ζείοντʼ Ἀγαρηνῶν boiling, teeming with . . , APl. 16.39 (Arab.); of persons, ζ. σκωλήκων Luc. Alex. 59: c. dat., ζ. φθειρί Id. Sat. 26; ζ. φλογμῷ Lyc. 690; θάλαττα αἵυατι καὶ ῥοθίῳ ζέουσα Aristid. 1.142J. II. causal, make to boil, boil, τοὶ δὲ λοετρὰ πυρὶ ζέον A.R. 3.273; θυμὸν ἐπὶ Τροίῃ πόσον ἔζεσας; AP 7.385 (Phil.). 2. exhale, ἀϋτμήν (v.l. -μῇ) A.R. 1.734. (ζέ (ς) -ω, cf. ζεσ-τός, Skt. yásati ‘boil’, OHG.jësan ‘ferment’, ‘foam’, Engl. yeast.)