κενόω
kenoo
empty
Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κενόω, Med. 959, Smp. 197d; Ep. κεινόω Th. 56, Al. 140: fut. κενώσω Ion 447: aor. ἐκένωσα Ba. 730: pf. κεκένωκα BC 5.67:—Pass., fut. κενωθήσομαι 4.709, κενεώσομαι 16: aor. ἐκενώθην 2.51: pf. κεκένωμαι 4.123, Morb.Sacr. 9: (κενός): —A. empty, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα Pers. 718 (troch.); ναούς Ion l.c.: c. gen., empty of a thing, ἀνδρῶν τάνδε πόλιν κενῶσαι Supp. 660, cf. Rh. 914 (lyr.); χέρας [δώρων] Id.Med.l.c.; τινὰ τᾶς συοπλουτοσύνας 4.13; opp. πληροῦν τινά τινος, Pl.l.c., cf. R. 560d:—Pass., to be emptied, made or left empty, OT 29; ἐς τὸ κενούμενον into the space continually left empty, 2.76; οἰκίαι πολλαὶ ἐκενώθησαν ib.51: c.gen., τούτων κενεώσεται . . αἰών will be left without them, Emp.l.c.; κεκενωμένου τοῦ τείχεος πάντων stripped of all things, Hdt. l.c. 2. make a place empty by leaving it, desert it, βωμοῦ ἐσχάραν Andr. 1138; λόχμην Id.Ba.l.c.:—Pass., κενωθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν 8.57. 3. Medic., empty by depletion, opp. πληροῦν, Aph. 2.51, cf. CA 1.2, Gal.l.c.; τινα Lib.p.30 O.; carry off, αἷμα Ocyp. 93; ἐκ τοῦ σώματος χολήν Nat.Fac. 1.13:—Pass., τὰ κενούμενα evacuations, 6.78, ap. 4.37.27. 4. empty out, pour away, φάρμακον 7: metaph., πλοῦτον f.l. in 1.119:—Pass., τοῦ λαοῦ κενωθέντος 24.1; make away with, θανάτου βάρος Fr. 1.6. 5. expend, εἴς με κένωσον πᾶν βέλος AP 5.57 (). 6. in Pass., waste away, shrivel, HP 7.4.3, 9.14.3. II. metaph., make empty, ἑαυτόν Ep.Phil. 2.7; make void or of no effect, καύχημα 1 Ep.Cor. 9.15; ὑπάρξεις 90.7:—Pass., to be or become so, Ep.Rom. 4.14.
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