λιμν-άζω · limn-azō — LSJ
form stagnant pools, stagnate, stagnant pools are left
form stagnant pools, Arist. Mete. 352b35, 356a7; ὅσοι ποταμοὶ -άζουσιν εἰς ἕλη rivers which stagnate into marshes, Id. Pr. 938a3: impers., -άζει stagnant pools are left in them, Id. Mete. 351b8, 352a5.
2 to be stagnant
of the blood, to be stagnant, Id. HA 513b4, Gal. UP 14.10.
II form into a lake, to be flooded
c. acc., form into a lake, ὁ ποταμὸς λ. τὰς ἀρούρας Ph. 2.98, cf. Str. 8.8.4, D.Chr. 11.76:—Pass., of land, to be flooded, J. AJ 1.3.5, PStrassb. 10.11 (iii A.D.).
III become a marsh
intr. in Act., of a country, become a marsh, ἐν τοῖς -άζουσι τόποις Arist. Mete. 340b37, cf. D.S. 4.18, Str. 8.5.1, etc.