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πάσσω

passo

sprinkle

Appears 127 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πάσσω, Att. πάττω Ar. Nu. 912 : fut. πάσω [ᾰ] Crates Com. 14.10, Ar. Eq. 99 (κατα-) : aor. ἔπᾰσα LXX Ex. 9.8 and in compds. :— Med., aor. ἐπᾰσάμην ib.3 Ma. 1.18 :— Pass., aor. ἐπάσθην ( ἐπ-) Pl. R. 405e : pf. πέπασμαι LXX Es. 1.6, etc. : plpf. ἐπέπαστο A.R. 1.729, πέπαστο Longus 1.12 : Hom. uses only pres. and impf., and these only in Il. :— A. sprinkle, ἐπὶ . . ὀδυνήφατα φάρμακα πάσσων laying healing drugs upon a wound, Il. 5.401,900, etc.; τὰ Δέλφιδος ὀστία πάσσω Theoc. 2.21 ; esp. sprinkle salt, c. gen. partit., πάσσε δʼ ἁλὸς θείοιο sprinkle some salt, Il. 9.214 ; π. τῶν ἁλῶν ἐὶ τὸ πῦρ Luc. DMeretr. 4.5. 2. besprinkle, οὔκουν . . σεαυτὸν ἁλσὶ πάσεις ; Crates Com. l. c., cf. Thphr. Char. 9.2 ; χρυσῷ, ῥόδοις π. τινά, Ar. Nu. 912, 1330. II. Med., sprinkle oneself with ashes, LXX 3 Ma. 1.18.
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