ζέω

ζέω, [var] contr. [ per.] 3sg. ζεῖ even in Il.21.362; later [dialect] Ep. [full] ζείω Call.Dian. 60, subj. ζείῃσι Epic. in Arch.Pap.7p.7; in late Prose [full] ζέννυμι (q.v.): [tense] impf.

A

ζέε Il.21.365

,

ἔζεε Hes.Th.695

,

ἔζει S.OC434

: [tense] fut. ζέσω ([etym.] ἐξανα-) A.Pr.372: [tense] aor.

ἔζεσα Hdt.7.188

, cf. ἐπιζέω; [dialect] Ep.

ζέσσα Il.18.349

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. ἐζέσθην ([etym.] ἀπ-) Dsc.1.3, ([etym.] ἐν-) Aret.CA1.2: [tense] pf.

ἔζεσμαι Gp.10.54.3

:—boil, seethe, of water,

ἐπεὶ δὴ ζέσσεν ὕδωρ ἐνὶ ἤνοπι χαλκῷ Il.18.349

, Od.10.360; ὡς δὲ λέβης ζεῖ ἔνδον as the kettle boils, Il.21.362, cf. E.Cyc.343; rarely of solids, to be fiery hot,

χθὼν ἔζεε Hes.Th.695

,847;

χαλκός Call.

l.c.

2 ferment, Hp.VM11;

γλεύκους ζέοντος Dsc.5.8

.

3 metaph., boil or bubble up,

τῆς θαλάσσης ζεσάσης Hdt.7.188

;

αἷμα διὰ χρωτὸς ζέσσ' AP7.208

([place name] Anyte);

οἶνος ζεῖ Pl.Lg.773d

.

b of passion,

ὁπηνίκ' ἔζει θυμός S.OC434

, cf. Pl.R.440c, etc.;

τὸ ζέον τῆς μάχης Hld.1.33

.

4 c. gen., boil up or over with a thing,

λίμνη ζέουσα ὕδατος καὶ πηλοῦ Pl.Phd.113a

; πίθος ζ. [οἴνου] Thphr.HP9.17.3; πεδία ζείοντ' Ἀγαρηνῶν boiling, teeming with . . , APl.4.39 (Arab.); of persons,

ζ. σκωλήκων Luc.Alex.59

: c. dat.,

ζ. φθειρί Id.Sat.26

;

ζ. φλογμῷ Lyc.690

;

θάλαττα αἵυατι καὶ ῥοθίῳ ζέουσα Aristid.1.142J.

II causal, make to boil, boil,

τοὶ δὲ λοετρὰ πυρὶ ζέον A.R.3.273

; θυμὸν ἐπὶ Τροίῃ πόσον ἔζεσας; AP7.385 (Phil.).

2 exhale, ἀϋτμήν (v.l. -μῇ) A.R.1.734. (ζέ (ς) -ω, cf. ζες-τός, Skt. yásati 'boil', OHG.jësan 'ferment', 'foam', Engl. yeast.)