λείβω

λείβ-ω, Il.1.463, etc.: [tense] aor. inf. λεῖψαι, part. λείψας, 7.481, 24.285:— [voice] Med., [tense] aor.

A

ἐλειψάμην E.Alc.1015

:—[voice] Pass., Hes.Sc.390, E.(v.infr.):— pour, pour forth, used like σπένδω in a religious sense, οἶνον λείβειν make a libation of wine, Il.1.463, Od.3.460;

μέθυ 12.362

; also λείβειν (without οἶνον) Il.24.285;

ἐξ ἀσαμίνθου κύλικος λ. Cratin.234

; esp. with a dat. of the gods to whom the libation is made,

λεῖψαι Κρονίωνι Il.7.481

;

θεοῖς Od.2.432

; in full,

Διὶ λ. αἴθοπα οἶνον Il.6.266

, cf. 10. 579: rare in Trag.,

σπονδὰς θύειν τε λ. τ' A.Supp.981

;

σπονδὰς θεοῖς λ. E.Ion1033

:—[voice] Med., σπονδάς Id.Alc.l.c.

II like εἴβω (q.v.), let flow, shed,

δάκρυα λ. Il.13.88

, 658, Od.5.84, 16.214;

δάκρυ λ. A. Th.51

; ἐκ δ' ὀμμάτων λείβουσι δυσφιλῆ λίβα (δία cod. M) Id.Eu.54;

δι' ὄμματος ἀστακτὶ λ. δάκρυον S.OC1251

; τήκειν καὶ λ. (abs.) melt and liquefy one's spirit, Pl.R.411b:—[voice] Pass., of the tears, to be shed, pour forth, E.Ph.1522 (lyr.), X.Cyr.6.4.3; but also, of persons, λείβομαι δάκρυσιν κόρας have my eyes running with tears, E.Andr.532 (lyr.).

2 of other liquids, κόμαι λείβουσιν ἔλαια drip with oil, Call.Ap.38:—[voice] Pass., ἀφρὸς περὶ στόμα λείβεται Hes.l.c., cf. Pl.Ti. 82d; ὅπλα λύθρῳ λ., τύμβος λ. μέλιτι, AP6.163 (Mel.), 7.36 (Eryc.): metaph., of sound (cf. χέω)

, θρῆνον . . λειβόμενον . . σὺν καμάτῳ Pi.P. 12.10

.

III in [voice] Pass., also, melt or pine away, Ar.Eq.327 (lyr.), Plu.2.681b.—σπένδω was nearly equiv. in sense, and was used in [dialect] Att. Com. and Prose (exc. Pl.and X.ll.cc.).