βάπτω

βάπτω, [tense] fut. βάψω ([etym.] ἐμ-) Ar.Pax959: [tense] aor.

A

ἔβαψα S.Aj.95

, etc.:— [voice] Med., [tense] fut.

βάψομαι Ar.Lys.51

: [tense] aor.

ἐβαψάμην Arat.951

, AP9.326 (Leon.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

βᾰφήσομαι LXXLe.11.32

, M.Ant.8.51: [tense] aor.

ἐβάφθην AP6.254

(Myrin.), ([etym.] ἀπ-) Ar.Fr.416; in [dialect] Att. generally ἐβάφην [ᾰ] Pl.R.429e, etc.: [tense] pf.

βέβαμμαι Hdt.7.67

, Ar.Pax1176.

I trans., dip, ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν . . εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ (so as to temper the red-hot steel) Od.9.392;

β. εἰς ὕδωρ Pl.Ti.73e

, cf. Emp.100.11;

τἄρια θερμῷ Ar.Ec.216

; εἰς μέλι, εἰς κηρόν, Arist.HA 605a29, de An.435a2:—[voice] Pass., βαπτόμενος σίδηρος iron in process of being tempered, Plu.2.136a; and of coral, become hard, Dsc.5.121 (s. v. l.).

b of slaughter in Trag ,

ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος A.Pr. 863

;

ἔβαψας ἔγχος εὖ πρὸς Ἀργείων στρατῷ; S.Aj.95

;

φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν E.Ph.1578

(lyr.); in later Prose,

εἰς τὰ πλευρὰ β. τὴν αἰχμήν D.H.5.15

;

β. τὸν δάκτυλον ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος LXXLe.4.17

.

c also, dip in poison,

ἔβαψεν ἰούς S.Tr.574

; χιτῶνα τόνδ' ἔβαψα ib.580.

2 dye, ἔβαψεν . . ξίφος the sword dyed [the robe] red, A.Ch.1011; β. τὰ κάλλη dye the beautiful cloths, Eup.333;

β. ἔρια ὥστ' εἶναι ἁλουργά Pl.R.429d

;

εἵματα βεβαμμένα Hdt.7.67

;

τρίχας βάπτειν AP11.68

(Lucill.): abs. in [voice] Med., dye the hair, Men.363.4, Nicol.Com.1.33; glaze earthen vessels, Ath.11.480e; of gilding and silvering, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.46 B.: Com., βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν dye one in the [red] dye of Sardes, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, Ar. Ach.112; but βέβαπται β. Κυζικηνικόν he has been dyed in the dye of Cyzicus, i. e. is an arrant coward, Id.Pax1176 (v. Sch.).

3 draw water by dipping a vessel,

ἀνθ' ὕδατος τᾷ κάλπιδι κηρία βάψαι Theoc. 5.127

; ἀρύταιναν . . ἐκ μέσου βάψασα τοῦ λέβητος ζέοντος ὕδατος draw water by dipping the bucket, Antiph.25, cf. Thphr.Char.9.8; βάψασα ποντίας ἁλός (sc. τὸ τεῦχος) having dipped it so as to draw water from the sea, E.Hec.610.

4 baptize, Arr.Epict.2.9.20 ([voice] Pass.).

II intr., ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship dipped, sank, E.Or.707; β. εἰς ψυχρὸν [αἱ ἐγχέλυς] Arist.HA592a18; εἰ δ' ὁ μὲν (sc. ἠέλιος)

ἀνέφελος βάπτοι ῥόου ἑσπερίοιο Arat.858

(ῥόον Sch.): c. acc., νῆα . . βάπτουσαν ἤδη κῦμα κυρτόν dipping into . . , Babr.71.2:—also [voice] Med.,

ποταμοῖο ἐβάψατο Arat. 951

.

2 βάψας (sc. τὴν κώπην) Ar.Fr.225. (Cf. O Norse kuefia 'dip'.)