τέγγω
τέγγω,
Alc. 39 , etc.: fut.
τέγξω Pi. O. 4.19 ,
E. Supp. 979 (lyr.): aor.
ἔτεγξα B. 5.157 ,
A. Pr. 402 (lyr.),
Hp. Nat.Mul. 35 :— Pass., aor.
ἐτέγχθην S. Ph. 1456 (anap.),
Pl. Lg. 880e :
A).—
wet, moisten,
τέγγε πλεύμονας οἴνῳ Alc.l.c.;
ἀκρήτῳ πνεύμονα τεγγόμενος Eratosth. 25 ;
οἴνῳ πνεύμονα τέγγε Poet. ap.
Suid. s.v.
τέγγε; τέγγει γὰρ [τὸ ἔλαιον] τὸν ξηρὸν χρῶτα Gal. 6.229 , cf.
366 ,
560 ,
15.714 ; esp. of internal moistening by liquid food, opp.
βρέχω (moisten on the surface),
Id. 10.808 ,
12.186 (the word is not freq. in Prose);
φάρεα ποταμίᾳ δρόσῳ τ., so as to wash them,
E. Hipp. 127 (lyr.);
ἐν θαλάττῃ τ. τοὺς πόδας Pl. Lg. 866d :—in Trag. and Lyr. freq. of tears,
δάκρυσι κόλπους τέγγουσι A. Pers. 540 (anap.);
ἀπ’ ὄσσων παρειὰν νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς Id. Pr. 402 (lyr.);
ὄμμα δάκρυσιν τ. E. Supp. 21 , cf.
IA 496 ; and simply,
τ. παρειάν, ὄμμα,
S. Ant. 530 (anap.),
E. Alc. 764 ;
τέγξαι βλέφαρον B. 5.157 :— Pass.,
to be moistened,
δρόσοις S. Aj. 1209 (lyr.);
δάκρυσί μου βλέφαρα τ.
E. Hipp. 854 (lyr.):
τέγγομαι (sc.
ὄσσε), i.e. I weep,
A. Pers. 1065 (lyr.).
2). c. acc. cogn.,
τ. δάκρυα shed tears,
Pi. N. 10.75 ;
ἁδινῶν χλωρὰν τέγγει δακρύων ἄχναν S. Tr. 848 (lyr.):— Pass.,
ὄμβρος χάλαζά θ’ αἱματοῦσσ’ ἐτέγγετο a shower
fell,
Id. OT 1279 .
II). soften (properly,
by soaking or
bathing),
ἀοιδαὶ θέλξαν νιν ἁπτόμεναι· οὐδὲ θερμὸν ὕδωρ τόσον γε μαλθακὰ τέγξει (sic
Plu. 2.467d ,
τεύχει codd.
Pi.)
γυῖα (i.e.
ὥστε μαλθακὰ γενέσθαι)
Pi. N. 4.4 :—metaph. in Pass.,
τέγγει γὰρ οὐδέν thou art no whit
softened,
A. Pr. 1008 ;
οὔτε γὰρ .. λόγοις ἐτέγγεθ’ ἥδε νῦν τ’ οὐ πείθεται E. Hipp. 303 ;
χωρεῖτ’ ὀργῇ καὶ μὴ τέγγεσθ'
Ar. Lys. 550 ;
ὑπὸ κακοδοξίας τέγγεσθαι Pl. R. 361c , cf.
Lg. 880e .
III). dye, stain: metaph.,
οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον Pi. O. 4.19 . (Cf. Lat.
tingo.)
ShortDef
to wet, moisten
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Headword (normalized):
τέγγω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
τεγγω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τέγγω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 39 </a>, etc.: fut. <span class="quote greek">τέγξω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 4.19 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:979" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:979/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 979 </a> (lyr.): aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔτεγξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5.157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 5.157 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:402" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:402/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 402 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg033:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg033:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.Mul.</span> 35 </a>:— Pass., aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐτέγχθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1456" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1456/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1456 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:880e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:880e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 880e </a>: <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span>—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wet, moisten</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τέγγε πλεύμονας οἴνῳ</span> Alc.l.c.; <span class="quote greek">ἀκρήτῳ πνεύμονα τεγγόμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4063.tlg001:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4063.tlg001:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eratosth.</span> 25 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἴνῳ πνεύμονα τέγγε</span> Poet. ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">τέγγε; τέγγει γὰρ [τὸ ἔλαιον] τὸν ξηρὸν χρῶτα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.229 </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 366 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 560 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 15.714 </span>; esp. of internal moistening by liquid food, opp. <span class="foreign greek">βρέχω</span> (moisten on the surface), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 10.808 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 12.186 </span> (the word is not freq. in Prose); <span class="foreign greek">φάρεα ποταμίᾳ δρόσῳ τ.</span>, so as to wash them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 127 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἐν θαλάττῃ τ. τοὺς πόδας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:866d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:866d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 866d </a> :—in Trag. and Lyr. freq. of tears, <span class="quote greek">δάκρυσι κόλπους τέγγουσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:540" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:540/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 540 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">ἀπ’ ὄσσων παρειὰν νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:402" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:402/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 402 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ὄμμα δάκρυσιν τ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 21 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:496" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:496/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 496 </a>; and simply, <span class="quote greek">τ. παρειάν, ὄμμα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:530" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:530/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 530 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:764" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:764/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 764 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τέγξαι βλέφαρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5.157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 5.157 </a> :— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be moistened</span>, <span class="quote greek">δρόσοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1209/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1209 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">δάκρυσί μου βλέφαρα τ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:854" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:854/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 854 </a> (lyr.): <span class="foreign greek">τέγγομαι</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ὄσσε</span>), i.e. I weep, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1065" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1065/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 1065 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. acc. cogn., <span class="foreign greek">τ. δάκρυα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shed</span> tears, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.75 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἁδινῶν χλωρὰν τέγγει δακρύων ἄχναν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:848" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:848/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 848 </a> (lyr.):— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">ὄμβρος χάλαζά θ’ αἱματοῦσσ’ ἐτέγγετο</span> a shower <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fell</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1279" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1279/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1279 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">soak</span>, in Pass., distd. from <span class="foreign greek">τήκεσθαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:385b:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:385b.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 385b22 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τέγγει</span> is prob. f.l. for <span class="ref greek">στέγει</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:869b:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:869b.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 869b25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">soften</span> (properly, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by soaking</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bathing</span>), <span class="foreign greek">ἀοιδαὶ θέλξαν νιν ἁπτόμεναι· οὐδὲ θερμὸν ὕδωρ τόσον γε μαλθακὰ τέγξει</span> (sic <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.467d </span>, <span class="foreign greek">τεύχει</span> codd. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span></span>) <span class="foreign greek">γυῖα</span> (i.e. <span class="foreign greek">ὥστε μαλθακὰ γενέσθαι</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 4.4 </a>:—metaph. in Pass., <span class="foreign greek">τέγγει γὰρ οὐδέν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thou art</span> no whit <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">softened</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1008" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1008/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1008 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὔτε γὰρ .. λόγοις ἐτέγγεθ’ ἥδε νῦν τ’ οὐ πείθεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:303" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:303/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 303 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χωρεῖτ’ ὀργῇ καὶ μὴ τέγγεσθ</span>\' <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:550" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:550/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 550 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ κακοδοξίας τέγγεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:361c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:361c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 361c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:880e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:880e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 880e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dye, stain</span>: metaph., <span class="quote greek">οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 4.19 </a> . (Cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tingo.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}