Δεύσας

having steeped

Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 Jul 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Meaning he] having soaked. "Having steeped his fingers in blood, he wrote."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δεύσας· βρέξας. ὁ δὲ δεύσας τοῦ αἵματος τοὺς δακτύλους προσέγραψεν.

Betacode

*deu/sas: bre/cas. o( de\ deu/sas tou= ai(/matos tou\s daktu/lous prose/grayen.

The headword (aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of deu/w) is presumably, if not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given.
cf. generally delta 290, delta 291.