extinguish, quench,
ἀπο-σβέννῡμι(
A.
-ύω
A.D. Pron. 36.4
, Plu. 2.681e ),extinguish, quench,
τὸ φῶς
Trag.Adesp. 9
; τοὺς λύχνους
Ar. V. 255
; τὸ πῦρ
Pl. Hp. Ma. 290e
, etc.; also ἀ. τὸ κακόϝ
Id. R. 556a
; τὸ γένος καὶ ὄνομα
X. Cyr. 5.4.30
; ψυχήν
AP 7.303
(tm.);ἰόνib. 11.321 ( Phil. ); τὰς ὁράσεις
Plu.
l.c.; Gramm.,extinguish,i.e.lose, τὸν τόνον,of enclitics, A.D. Pron. l.c.
II.
Pass. ,pres.in Heraclit. 30 , Hp.
Aër.
4 , X. Lac. 13.3 , etc.:— Med. ,fut.
ἀποσβήσομαι
Pl. Lg. 805c
:aor. 2andpf.
Act. intr., ἀπέσβην
E. Med. 1218
, X. Cyr. l.c., Call. Fr. 1.10 P., Theoc. 4.39 , etc.; ἀπέσβηκα
X. Cyr. 8.8.13
, Pl. Plt. 269b , etc.:aor. 1
Pass.
ἀπεσβέσθην
Ar. Lys. 293
, Lys. 1.14 ,v.l. in
Luc. Cat. 27 :pf.
ἀπέσβεσμαι
Parm. 8.21
, Porph. Abst. 3.7 :—to be extinguished, go out, vanish, die, cease,ll.cc.; of a woman's milk, Hp.
Aër.l.c., Arist. GA 777a14 ; ἀ. ὁ μαστός
Id. HA 618b7
: metaph., ἔρωτος ἀπές βη πυρσός
AP 12.182
( Strat. ).
