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βάπτω Root !βαφ trans. to dip in water, Lat. immergere, Od., Plat.:—of slaughter, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος Aesch.; ἔβαψας ἔγχος Soph.; φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν Eur. to dip in poison, ἰούς, χιτῶνα Soph. to dip in dye, to dye, Hdt., Aesch.:—Comic, βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν to dye one in the [red] dye of Sardis, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, Ar. to draw water by dipping a vessel, Theocr.; βάψασα ἁλός (sc. τὸ τεῦχος) having dipped it so as to draw water from the sea, Eur. intr., ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship dipped, sank, Eur.

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to dip in water

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βαπτω

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6103

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6107

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ba/ptw

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