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καταβάπτ-ω

katabapto

dip, soak, dye, colour

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What it meant

καταβάπτ-ω · katabapt-ō — LSJ

dip, soak

dip, εἰς ζεστὸν ὕδωρ Sor. 1.50; εἰς γλεῦκος Gp. 8.23.1; soak, ὄξει βαφικῷ PHolm. 1.3.

II dye, colour, produce, by dyeing, deep-coloured

dye, colour, πρόσωπον ἐρυθήματι Eun. Hist. p.267 D.; χρυσόν produce it by dyeing, Ps.Democr Alch.p.45 B.:—in Pass., Luc. Im. 16: Medic., οὖρον καταβεβαμμένον deep-coloured, Pall. Febr. 15; ἀπὸ αἵματος -ομένου τοῦ οὔρου Gal. 19.604.

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