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A. melt, melt away, τὸν σίδηρον Hp. Vict. 1.13 ; wash away, γῆν Pl. Criti. 112a; τῶν σωμάτων τὰ νοσερά Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.40.1 :—Pass., with pf. -τέτηκα, melt entirely, melt away, ἡ χιὼν π. Plu. 2.648c ; περιτετηγμένον ὀστέων πῆγμα LXX 4 Ma. 9.21 ; become emaciated, Hp. Prorrh. 2.6, Aret. SD 2.13 ; to be washed away, Arist. Mir. 833b7.

II. τι καττιτέρῳ π. cover with a coat of tin, Pl. Criti. 116b.