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καταβαπτ-ίζω

katabaptizo

dip, drown

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What it meant

καταβαπτ-ίζω · katabapt-izō — LSJ

dip, drown, to be submerged, overwhelmed

dip, drown, of wine, κ. τὴν ζωτικὴν δύναμιν Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.17; τὴν ψυχήν Ach.Tat. 1.3:—Pass., to be submerged, overwhelmed, ὑπὸ τῆς ὑγρότητος Steph. in Gal. 1.278D.; καταβαπτισθήσεταί μοι τὸ ζῆν Alciphr. 2.3.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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