βῠθ-ίζω,
A. sinka ship, S. Fr. 552 ; μίαν πεντήρη ἐβύθισαν
Plb. 2.10.5
;let down, ἀγκύρας
Them. in Ph. 133.20
;bury, plunge, ἑρπετόν . . ἐν μυχῷ τοῦ πηλοῦ
Luc. Alex. 13
:— Pass. , of a ship, etc.,sink, D.S. 11.18 , Babr. 117.1 , Plu. Caes. 49 , D.Chr. 63.3 ; of a person,to be plunged into the sea, Plu. 2.831d .
II. overwhelm, submerge, of a flood, οἰκίας
Plu. 2.306f
:— Pass. , Id. Daed. 7 .
III. metaph., β. ἀνθρώπους εἰς ὄλεθρον
1 Ep.Ti. 6.9
:— Pass. ,to be ruined, τοὺς διὰ φιλοκερδίαν βυθιζομένους
Phld. Mort. 33
; τὸ νῆφον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται