ἕψω

ἕψω, [tense] impf.

A

ἧψον Ar.Ra.505

, al.: [tense] fut.

ἑψήσω Nicoch.15

, Men.260: [tense] aor.

ἥψησα Hdt.1.119

(v.l. ἕψ-), Ar.Fr.4, Pl.Euthd.301d, etc.; cf. συν-έψω: [tense] pf.

ἥψηκα Ph.2.245

:—[voice] Med., imper.

ἕψου A.Fr.310

: [tense] fut.

ἑψήσομαι Pl.R.372c

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἕψεται Antiph.217.4

, part.

ἑψόμενος Pi. N.4.82

, Hp.Int.44: [tense] fut.

ἑψηθήσομαι Gal.13.398

: [tense] aor.

ἡψήθην Hdt.4.61

, Plu.2.690c, etc., part.

ἑψηθείς Dsc.5.85

, Eup.1.139 (v.l. ἑφθέντες): [tense] pf.

ἡψημένος D.S.2.9

, ἑψ- Arist.Pr.884b14, Hp.Mul.1.78.—[full] ἕψω is [dialect] Att. acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.456: [full] ἑψέω is dub., imper. ἕψεε v.l. in Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 63, [tense] impf. ἥψεε v.l. ἕψεε Hdt.1.48; elsewh. in Hdt. and Hp. the uncontracted forms are found: [full] ἑψάω is a late form, Olymp.in Mete. 315.8, al.:—boil, seethe, of meat and the like (never in Hom., where meat is roasted, v. ὀπτάω), Hdt.1.48, al., Hp.VM3, Pl.Euthd. 301c, etc.; ἕ. χύτραν 'to keep the pot boiling', Ar.Ec.845, Pl.Hp.Ma. 290d; prov. of useless labour,

λίθον ἕψεις Ar.V.280

(lyr.), Pl.Erx. 405b: c. gen. partit., ἥψομεν τοῦ κορκόρου we boiled some pimpernel, Ar.V.239:—[voice] Med.,

ἕψου μηδὲ λυπηθῇς πυρί A.Fr.310

:—[voice] Pass., to be boiled, of meat, Hdt.4.61, etc.; of liquids, boil, Arist.Mete.379b28, Plu.2.690c.

2 digest,

τὰ σιτία Hp.Acut.28

.

3 of metals, smelt, refine,

ἑψόμενος χρυσός Pi.N.4.82

.

4 [voice] Med., ἑψήσασθαι κόμην dye it, Poll.2.35:—also in [voice] Act., Phot., Hsch. (ἐψεῖν cod.).

5 metaph., γῆρας ἀνώνυμον ἕψειν cherish an inglorious old age, Pi.O.1.83.