Ἀφύσσων
draining off
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he] baling out, drawing off.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀφύσσων· ἀπαντλῶν, ἀρυόμενος.
Betacode
*)afu/sswn: a)pantlw=n, a)ruo/menos.
Notes
- Present participle of
a)fu/ssw , masculine nominative singular. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.598, where the headword occurs (of serving nectar from a bowl). Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.
cf. alpha 4664, delta 152, eta 671.