βαπτ-ίζω,
A. dip, plunge,
ξίφος εἰς σφαγήν
J. BJ 2.18.4
; σπάθιον εἰς τὸ ἔμβρυον
Sor. 2.63
:— Pass. , of a trephine, Gal. 10.447 ; βάπτισον σεαυτὸν εἰς θάλασσαν
Plu. 2.166a
;β. Διόνυσον πρὸς τὴν θάλασσανib. 914d :—in Pass. ,to be drowned,
Epict. Gnom. 47 ; of ships,sinkordisablethem, Plb. 1.51.6 , 16.6.2 ( Pass. );ἐβάπτισαν τὴν πόλιν floodedthe city, metaph., of the crowds who flocked into Jerusalem at the time of the siege, J. BJ 4.3.3 ; β. τινὰ εἰσφοραῖς
D.S. 1.73
; β. τινὰ ὕπνῳ
AP 11.49
( Even. ); ὕπνῳ βεβαπτισμένος
Archig.