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” AP7.303 (tm.); ἰόν ib. 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. 2 and pf. 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.GA777a14; “ἀ. ὁ μαστός” Id.HA 618b7: metaph., “ἔρωτος ἀπές βη πυρσός” AP12.182 (Strat.).