ῥαίνω

A. ῥανῶ Antiph. 217.12, Lyc. 1104, but Att. also ῥανῶ (like φανῶ) acc. to A.D. Adv. 187.27: aor. ἔρρανα Arched. 2.5, E. Rh. 73, Cyc. 402 (ἐξ‐), Trag.Adesp. 90; Ion. ἔρρηνα Hp. (v. infr.); ἔρηνα Opp. H. 2.100: pf. ἔρραγκα(δι‐) LXX Pr. 7.17:— Med., aor. ἐρρανάμην(περι‐) Aristobul. 6 J., Plu. Arist. 20, Longus 3.28:—Pass., aor. ἐρράνθην Pi. P. 5.100, Arist. Pr. 938a35: pf. ἔρραμμαι Persae. ap. Ath. 4.140f; later ἔρρασμαι Sch.D Il. 12.431.—Ep. aor. imper. ῥάσσατε Od. 20.150, 3 pl. pf. Pass. ἐρράδαται ib.354, plpf. ἐρράδατο Il. 12.431 [α] are formed as if from pres. ῥάζω, cf. περιρραίνω 1.

I. sprinkle, besprinkle, with acc. of the object besprinkled,

1. prop. with liquids, ῥάσσατε (sc. δῶμα ὕδατι) Od. 20.150; ῥᾶνον δόμους Com.Adesp. 1211, cf. Thphr. CP 4.3.3; ὕδατι τοὺς λειποψυχοῦντας Id. Fr. 10.6; φόνῳ πεδίον Pi. I. l.c.; ἐλαίῳ ῥήνας Hp. Fract. 21; ἐκ καλπίδων μύροις ῥ. Plb. 30.25.17:—Pass., πύργοι καὶ ἐπάλξιες αἵματι φωτῶν ἐρράδατ’ Il. 12.431; αἵματι δ’ ἐρράδαται τοῖχοι Od. 20.354; αἵματι βωμὸς ἐραίνετ’ E. IA [1589]; τὰ πρόσωπα διὰ τὸ ῥαίνεσθαι μέλανα γίνεται Arist. HA 579a2.

2. also of solids, bestrew, besprinkle, [ἵπποι] ῥαίνοντο κονίῃ Il. 11.282; ῥ. χθόνα καρπῷ Nonn. D. 2.65.

3. metaph., ῥ. τινὰ ὕμνῳ, νᾶσον εὐλογίαις, Pi. P. 8.57, I. 6(5).21; θεῶν . . ὅμιλον ἀμβρότᾳ ῥαίνοις α μοίσᾳ IG 42(1).130.24.

II. sprinkle, scatter, with acc. of the thing scattered or sprinkled, ῥανῶ τε πεδόσ’ ἐγκέφαλον will scatter it on the ground, E. Fr. 384 (dub. l.); ῥαίνειν sprinkle (water) on the fish, Xenarch. l.c.; ῥαίνειν ὀξίδας ἐς τὰ βλέφαρα sprinkle vinegar in their eyes, Ar. Ra. 1441; ῥ. πυρούς Opp. H. 2.100; χοάς Lyc. 1185.

III. abs., sprinkle water, Arist. HA 620a12; ῥανίσι ῥ. let water fall in drops, Id. Mete. 374b1.