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καθέψω

kathepso

boil down, to be dried up, to be broiled, swelter

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Where it lives

On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k

What it meant

καθέψω · kathepsō — LSJ

boil down, to be dried up, to be broiled, swelter, softened

boil down, in Pass., Dsc. Alex. 6, Plu. Vind. 2.555b; of plants, to be dried up by the sun, cj. in Thphr. HP 7.5.2; of a person, ἡλίῳ -ψεῖσθαι (sic) to be broiled, swelter, Luc. Asin. 25; of a river, to be softened (sweetened) by boiling, D.S. 1.40: Act., -ψοντες ἑαυτούς, by hot baths, Gal. 6.185.

II soften, temper

metaph., soften, temper, joined with πραΰνειν, X. Eq. 9.6.

2 digest

digest, ἀργύριον Ar. V. 795 codd. (prob. καταπέψεις).

In the wild

καθέψεις · kathepseis Aristophanes, Wasps 795 (DIORISIS sentence 556)
καθήψησαν · kathēpsēsan Hippocrates, On the Sacred Disease 1 (DIORISIS sentence 12)
καθέψουσι · kathepsousi Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 9.6 (DIORISIS sentence 282)

Where it came from

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