ἀποσήπομαι

A. ‐σαπήσομαι Id. Prorrh. 2.1: with pf. Act. ἀποσέσηπα (v. infr.):—lose by rotting or mortification, ὑπὸ τοὺς ψύχους τῶν ποδῶν ἀποσεσηπότες having lost the toes by frost-bite, X. An. 4.5.12, cf.5.8.15, Luc. Ind.

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2. of water, throw off impurities by boiling, joined with ἀφέψεσθαι, Hp. Aë.r. 8.

II. causal in Act., cause to putrefy, remove by putrefaction, Id. Haem. 2; ράλα Id. Gland. 17; τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ σώματος Gal. 11.820, cf. Aë.1.18.