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τέγγω to wet, moisten, Pind., etc.; of tears, Trag.:—Pass. τέγγομαι, I weep, Aesch.; τ. βλέφαρα Eur. c. acc. cogn., τ. δάκρυα to shed tears, Pind.; τέγγει δακρύων ἄχναν Soph.:—Pass., ὄμβρος ἐτέγγετο a shower fell, Pind. to soften (properly, by soaking or bathing), Pind.:—metaph. in Pass., τέγγει γὰρ οὐδέν thou art no whit softened, Aesch.; οὔτε λόγοις ἐτέγγεθʼ ἥδε Eur. to dye, stain, Lat. tingere; metaph., like Lat. imbuere, Pind.

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to wet, moisten

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τέγγω

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τέγγω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

τεγγω

IDX:

32239

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n32276

Key:

te/ggw

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