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κατα-βρέχω

katabrecho

drench, soak, steep

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Where it lives

Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κατα-βρέχω · kata-brechō — LSJ

drench, soak, steep, watered, steep, inundate

drench, soak, steep, μὴ καταβρεχθῶ Ar. l.c.; δρῦς ἐν τῷ ὕδατι -βρεχομένη Thphr. HP 5.4.3; σμύρνα -βραχεῖσα μελικράτῳ Id. CP l.c.; Ἀσκληπιὸς κατέβρεξεν [τὴν Θασίαν ἄμπελον?] watered the Thasian vine, i.e. gave it its healing property, Antid. 4.4: metaph., κ. τινὰ κάδοις χίου Hedyl. ap. Ath. 10.473a; μέλιτι πόλιν κ. Pi. O. 10(11).99; καύχημα κ. σιγᾷ steep boasting in silence, i.e. be silent instead of boasting, Id. I. 5(4).51. inundate, PPetr. 3p.108 (iii B. C.).

In the wild

καταβρέχεσθε · katabrechesthe Epictetus, Discourses 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 325)

Where it came from

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