σφᾰρᾰγ-έομαι,
A. burst with a noise, crackle, sputter, as liquids when thrown upon the fire,σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαιthe roots of his eyecrackledorhissed(when Odysseus burnt them with the hot stake), Od. 9.390 .
II. groan with fulness, to be full to bursting,οὔθατα γὰρ σφαραγεῦντοib. 440 .