ῥαίνω

I sprinkle, besprinkle

sprinkle, besprinkle, with acc. of the object besprinkled,

1

prop. with liquids, ῥάσσατε (sc. δῶμα ὕδατι) Od. 20.150; ῥᾶνον δόμους Com.Adesp. 1211, cf. Thphr. CP 4.3.3; ὕδατι τοὺς λειποψυχοῦντας Id. Fr. 10.6; φόνῳ πεδίον Pi. I. l.c.; ἐλαίῳ ῥήνας Hp. Fract. 21; ἐκ καλπίδων μύροις ῥ. Plb. 30.25.17:—Pass., πύργοι καὶ ἐπάλξιες αἵματι φωτῶν ἐρράδατʼ Il. 12.431; αἵματι δʼ ἐρράδαται τοῖχοι Od. 20.354; αἵματι βωμὸς ἐραίνετʼ E. IA [1589]; τὰ πρόσωπα διὰ τὸ ῥαίνεσθαι μέλανα γίνεται Arist. HA 579a2.

2 bestrew, besprinkle

also of solids, bestrew, besprinkle, [ἵπποι] ῥαίνοντο κονίῃ Il. 11.282; ῥ. χθόνα καρπῷ Nonn. D. 2.65.

3

metaph., ῥ. τινὰ ὕμνῳ, νᾶσον εὐλογίαις, Pi. P. 8.57, I. 6(5).21; θεῶν . . ὅμιλον ἀμβρότᾳ ῥαίνοις α μοίσᾳ IG 42(1).130.24.

II sprinkle, scatter, will scatter, sprinkle, sprinkle

sprinkle, scatter, with acc. of the thing scattered or sprinkled, ῥανῶ τε πεδόσʼ ἐγκέφαλον will scatter it on the ground, E. Fr. 384 (dub. l.); ῥαίνειν sprinkle (water) on the fish, Xenarch. l.c.; ῥαίνειν ὀξίδας ἐς τὰ βλέφαρα sprinkle vinegar in their eyes, Ar. Ra. 1441; ῥ. πυρούς Opp. H. 2.100; χοάς Lyc. 1185.

III sprinkle water, let water fall

abs., sprinkle water, Arist. HA 620a12; ῥανίσι ῥ. let water fall in drops, Id. Mete. 374b1.