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ἐμφορ-έω

emphoreo

to be borne about in

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ἐμφορ-έω · emphor-eō — LSJ

to be borne about in, on

= ἐμφέρω:—Pass., to be borne about in or on, c. dat., κύμασιν ἐμφορέοντο Od. 12.419; ὕδασι A.R. 4.626.

II pour in, fill, fill oneself with, take oneʼs fill, make much use of, to be filled full of

pour in, ἄκρατον D.S. 16.93; fill, πολέμων καὶ ταραχῶν ἅπαντα Agath. 1.1:— Med. and Pass., fill oneself with a thing, take oneʼs fill or make much use of it, ἐνεφορέετο τοῦ μαντηΐου Hdt. 1.55; to be filled full of, Duris 27 J.; οἴνου, ἀκράτου, Hdn. 4.11.3, Plu. Comm.not. 2.1067e; κακίας, ἀμαθίας, Ph. 1.204, 97; ἀγαθῶν PLips. 119 ii 6 (iii A. D.); ἐξουσίας, ὕβρεως, Plu. Cic. 19, Sert. 5, etc.; τοῦ τέλους Dam. Pr. 288: c. acc. rei, ἄκρατον D.S. 4.4, Ph. 2.403, cf. Alciphr. 1.35, Thrasym. 4, Porph.

III put upon, inflict on

metaph., put upon, inflict on, πληγάς τινι D.S. 19.70, Plu. Pomp. 3; ἐ. ὕβρεις εἴς τινα Alciphr. 1.9:—Med., App. BC 3.28.

2 cast in oneʼs teeth

cast in oneʼs teeth, φόνους ἐ. τινί S. OC 989.

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