Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“ἧψον” Ar.Ra.505, al.: fut. “ἑψήσω” Nicoch.15, Men.260: aor. “ἥψησα” Hdt.1.119 (v.l. ἕψ-), Ar.Fr.4, Pl.Euthd.301d, etc.; cf. συν-έψω: pf. “ἥψηκα” Ph.2.245:—Med., imper. “ἕψου” A.Fr.310: fut. “ἑψήσομαι” Pl.R.372c:—Pass., “ἕψεται” Antiph.217.4, part. “ἑψόμενος” Pi. N.4.82, Hp.Int.44: fut. “ἑψηθήσομαι” Gal.13.398: aor. “ἡψήθην” Hdt.4.61, Plu.2.690c, etc., part. “ἑψηθείς” Dsc.5.85, Eup.1.139 (v.l. ἑφθέντες): pf. “ἡψημένος” D.S.2.9, ἑψ- Arist.Pr.884b14, Hp.Mul.1.78.—ἕψω is Att. acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.456: ἑψέω is dub., imper. ἕψεε v.l. in Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 63, impf. ἥψεε v.l. ἕψεε Hdt.1.48; elsewh. in Hdt. and Hp. the uncontracted forms are found: ἑψάω is a late form, Olymp.in Mete. 315.8, al.:—boil, seethe, of meat and the like (never in Hom., where meat is roasted, v. ὀπτάω), Hdt.1.48, al., Hp.VM3, Pl.Euthd. 301c, etc.; ἕ. χύτραν 'to keep the pot boiling', Ar.Ec.845, Pl.Hp.Ma. 290d; prov. of useless labour, “λίθον ἕψεις” Ar.V.280 (lyr.), Pl.Erx. 405b: c. gen. partit., ἥψομεν τοῦ κορκόρου we boiled some pimpernel, Ar.V.239:—Med., “ἕψου μηδὲ λυπηθῇς πυρί” A.Fr.310:—Pass., to be boiled, of meat, Hdt.4.61, etc.; of liquids, boil, Arist.Mete.379b28, Plu.2.690c.

2. digest, “τὰ σιτία” Hp.Acut.28.

3. of metals, smelt, refine, “ἑψόμενος χρυσός” Pi.N.4.82.

4. Med., ἑψήσασθαι κόμην dye it, Poll.2.35:—also in Act., Phot., Hsch. (ἐψεῖν cod.).

5. metaph., γῆρας ἀνώνυμον ἕψειν cherish an inglorious old age, Pi.O.1.83.