ἀποστάζω,
let fall drop by drop, distil away, δακρύων ἀποστάζει αἰδῶ[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 579 (Lyric poetry); ἀμβροσίαν ἀ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.108: of grains, κρῖμνον κυκεῶνος ἀποστάζοντος ἔραζε 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 205: _metaphorically_, φάος [prev. author] “Dian.” 118; φωνήν “Anthologia Graeca” 15.9 (from Cyrus). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, trickle, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 328] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μανίας ἀποστάζει μένος fury distils from madness, or trickles away, i.e. passes off, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 959 (Lyric poetry); λόγων ἀ. χρυσός 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Electr.” 6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of grain, [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.6: _metaphorically_, ῥίνημ᾽ αὐτῆς ἂν οὐκ ἀποστάξαι] Refs 3rd c.BC+] not a brass farthing would come off the price, [[ [prev. author] 7.82.] Refs]