ἀποσβέννυμι

aposbennymi

extinguish, quench

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Critias 2
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112d1
120c1
Republic 2
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Book VI 1
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498a7
Book VIII 1
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556a5
Hippias Major 1
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290e8
Laws 1
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Book VII 1
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805c6
Phaedo 1
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106a9
Statesman 1
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269b7
Symposium 1
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218b8
Timaeus 1
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58c7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποσβέννυμι (ἀποσβεννύω A.D. Pron. 36.4, Plu. 2.681e), A. extinguish, quench, τὸ φῶς Trag.Adesp. 9; τοὺς λύχνους Ar. V. 255; τὸ πῦρ Pl. Hp. Ma. 290e, etc.; also ἀ. τὸ κακόν Id. R. 556a; τὸ γένος καὶ ὄνομα X. Cyr. 5.4.30; ψυχήν AP 7.303 (tm.); ἰόν ib. 11.321 (Phil.); τὰς ὁράσεις Plu. l.c.; Gramm., extinguish, i.e. lose, τὸν τόνον, of enclitics, A.D. Pron. l.c. II. Pass., pres. in Heraclit. 30, Hp. Aër. 4, X. Lac. 13.3, etc.:— Med., fut. ἀποσβήσομαι Pl. Lg. 805c: aor. 2 and pf. Act. intr., ἀπέσβην E. Med. 1218, X. Cyr.l.c., Call. Fr. 1.10 P., Theoc. 4.39, etc.; ἀπέσβηκα X. Cyr. 8.8.13, Pl. Plt. 269b, etc.: aor. 1 Pass. ἀπεσβέσθην Ar. Lys. 293, Lys. 1.14, v.l. in Luc. Cat. 27: pf. ἀπέσβεσμαι Parm. 8.21, Porph. Abst. 3.7:—to be extinguished, go out, vanish, die, cease, ll.cc.; of a womanʼs milk, Hp. Aër. l.c., Arist. GA 777a14; ἀ. ὁ μαστός Id. HA 618b7: metaph., ἔρωτος ἀπές βη πυρσός AP 12.182 (Strat.).

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