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γεμ-ίζω , (γέμω)
A.fill full of, load, freight or charge with, prop. of a ship, “τινόςTh.7.53, X.HG6.2.25, etc.; γεμίσας τὴν ναῦν ξύλων Test. ap.D.21.168; “ναῦν σίτουD.34.36; “θηρίων τὰς ναῦςPlb.1.18.8; “τραπέζας θοίνηςOGI383.146 (Commagene); of animals, load, “κτήνηPFay.117.14 (ii A. D.), cf.PTeb.419.17 (iii A. D.): c. dupl.acc., PFlor. 195.4 (iii A. D.); σποδοῦ γ. λέβητας charging them with ashes, A.Ag. 443; γεμίσω σε let me fill you, addressed to a cup, Theopomp.Com. 32; αὑτόν stuff, gorge, Men.Pk.296; τὴν κοιλίαν ἀπό τινος v.l. in Ev.Luc.15.16:—Med., D.20.31; “ἐγεμιζόμην ἀνθρωπείου τροφῆςLuc. Asin.46:—Pass., metaph. of the Cyclops, E.Cyc.505 (lyr.); of bees, “γεμισθεῖσαι ἀποπέτονταιArist.HA624b2: c. gen., γ. ἀλαζονείας, εὐσεβείας, Ph.2.186,357.
II. later, c. acc. rei, γεμίζειν ὕδωρ (sc. τὴν ὑδρίαν) to fill it full of water, Paus.3.13.3:—Pass., οἶνον, πῦρ γεμισθείς, AP12.85 (Mel.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 443
    • Demosthenes, Against Leptines, 31
    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 168
    • Demosthenes, Against Phormio, 36
    • Euripides, Cyclops, 505
    • New Testament, Luke, 15.16
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.13.3
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.53
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 6.2.25
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.18.8
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