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καπνίζω

kapnizo

make smoke

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καπν-ίζω · kapn-izō — LSJ

make smoke, make a fire, use as a fumigation

make smoke, i.e. make a fire, Ep. aor. 1 κάπνισσαν Il. 2.399; use as a fumigation, τροχίσκον Paul.Aeg. 3.28.

II smoke, blacken with smoke, to be smoked, suffer from smoke, of the smoke, smoking

smoke, blacken with smoke, D. 54.4, Sopat. 6.9, PMasp. 141 ii a 25 (vi A.D.):—Pass., to be smoked, ὁ ἠπίολος φεύγει -όμενος Arist. HA 605b16; of the eyes, suffer from smoke, Id. Pr. 957b33, cf. 896b8; of cookery, καπνιζομένη τυραννίς empire of the smoke, Demetr.Com.Nov. 1.4; κλίβανος -όμενος smoking furnace, LXX Ge. 15.17.

2 to be black with smoke, smoky

intr. in Act., to be black with smoke, pf. κεκάπνικα Ar. Pax 892; τὸ ὄρος τὸ καπνίζον LXX Ex. 20.18; κρύσταλλος ἡ -ίζουσα smoky quartz, PHolm. 6.38: metaph., [θυμὸν] καπνίζοντα (v.l. -ιῶντα) καὶ διακαιόμενον Plu. Cohib. 2.454e.

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