σβέννυμι

A. ἐσβέννυον Paus. 4.21.4: fut. σβέσω App BC 2.68, (κατα‐) A. Ag. 958, E. IT 633; Ep. σβέσσω Orac. ap. Hdt. 8.77, Theoc. 23.26: aor. ἔσβεσα Il. 16.293 (tm.), S. Aj. 1057, Ar. Av. 778 (lyr.); Ep. inf. σβέσσαι Il. 16.621; Ion. inf. κατα‐ς βῶσαι Herod. 5.39: pf. and aor. 2, v. infr.:—Med., fut. σβήσομαι(ἀπο‐) Pl. Lg. 805c: aor. σβέσαντο Q.S. 1.795:—Pass., Hes. Op. 590: fut. σβεσθήσομαι Gal. 7.17: aor. ἐσβέσθην Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 26, (κατ‐) X. HG 5.3.8; Ep. συν‐έσβετο Opp. H. 2.477, etc.: pf. ἔσβεσμαι Longin. 21.1, Ael. NA 9.54, etc., (ἀπ‐) Hp. Int. 43:—besides these, aor. 2 and pf. and plpf. Act. are used intr., ἔσβην Il. 9.471, (ἀπ‐) E. Fr. 971, (κατ‐) Hdt. 4.5; imper. σβῆτε (trans.) Sophr. in Stud.Ital. 10.123; part. ἀπο‐σβείς Hp. Epid. 4.31: pf. ἔσβηκα(ἀπ‐) X. Cyr. 8.8.13, (κατ‐) A. Ag. 888: plpf. ἐσβήκει(ἀπ‐) Pl. Smp. 218b:—quench, put out, used by Hom. in the literal sense only in compd. κατα‐σβέννυμι (q.v.); ς. τὸ καιόμενον Hdt. 2.66; κεραυνόν Pi. P. 1.6; φλόγα Th. 2.77, A.R. 4.668.

2. of liquids, dry up, ἡ Μηδικὴ πόα ς. τὸ γάλα Arist. HA 522b25, cf. AP 9.549 (Antiphil.).

3. generally and metaph., quench, quell, check, κεῖνός γ’ οὐκ ἐθέλει σβέσσαι χόλον Il. 9.678; ἀνθρώπων σβέσσαι μένος 16.621; ὕβριν Simon.(132) ap.Hdt. 5.77, cf. Orac. ap. eund.8.77, Heraclit. 43, Pl. Lg. 835e; εἰ μὴ θεῶν τις τήνδε πεῖραν ἔσβεσεν S. Aj. 1057; ὡς φόνῳ σβέσῃ φόνον E. HF 40; ἔσβεσε κύματα νήνεμος αἴθρη Ar. Av. 778; ς. αὔξην καὶ ἐπιρροήν Pl. Lg. 783b; τὸν θυμόν ib.888a; καῦμα (in the bowels) Hp. Acut. 54; ὁ βορέας ς. τὴν θερμότητα Arist. Mete. 347b4; λιθάργυρον ὄξει ἢ οἴνῳ ς. cooling it, Dsc. 5.87; ὕδατι δίψαν ς. A.R. 3.1349; ς. τυραννίδα Epigr. ap. Plu. Lyc. 20; κλέος AP 9.104 (Alph.); Ἑλλάδα φωνήν ib.451; regard as extinguishable, ταύτας τὰς δυνάμεις Plot. 6.4.10.

II. Pass. σβέννυμαι (with intr. tenses of Act., v. supr.), to be quenched, go out, of fire, οὐδέ ποτ’ ἔσβη πῦρ Il. 9.471; of inflamed pustules, go down, disappear, Hp. Acut. (Sp.)26; ἰχθύων . . ᾠὰ μετὰ ἁλῶν σβεσθέντα (s.v.l.) καὶ ἐποπτηθέντα Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.121c: metaph. of men, become extinct, die, AP 7.20 (Simon.?); of a city, ib.9.178 (Antiphil.).

2. of liquids, run dry, γάλα Arist. HA 587b28; πηγαί AP 9.128; αἷμα Plu. 2.49d; αἶγες σβεννύμεναι goats which are going off their milk, Hes. Op. 590.

3. generally, to be quelled or lulled, of wind, οὐδέ ποτ’ ἔσβη οὖρος Od. 3.182; of sound, σβέννυτο θωρήκων ἐνοπή Tryph. 10: metaph., τὸ μάχιμον σβεννύμενον ὑπὸ γήρως Plu. Pomp. 8; ἐσβέσθη Νίκανδρος his charm is quenched, AP 12.39; of an orator, D.H. Pomp. 4; ἐσβέσθη τὰ φίλτρα AP 7.221, cf. Philostr. VA 1.33, Longin. 21.1; of legal proceedings, to be cancelled, διὰ τὸ ἐσβέσθαι πᾶν σπέρμα δίκης PMonac. 1.43 (vi A.D.). (I.-E. zg[uglide]es-, cf. ζείναμεν· σβέννυμεν, Hsch., Lith. gèsti 'to be extinguished'.)