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πίμπλημι , in pres. and impf. formed
A.like ἵστημι; Aeol. 3pl. “πίμπλεισιAlc.Supp.25.3; Ep. 3sg. subj. “πιμπλῇσιHes.Op.301; imper. πίμπλη cj. in Xenarch.3, “ἐμ-πίμπληAr.Av.1310; part. “πιμπλάςPl.R. 586b; but nom.pl.fem. “πιμπλεῖσαιHes.Th.880: impf. 3pl. “ἐπίμπλασανX.An.1.5.10: other tenses from πλήθω (which in pres. and impf. is intr.): fut. “πλήσωE.Hipp.692, (ἀνα-) Od.5.302: aor. “ἔπλησαE.Med. 905, etc.; Ep. “πλῆσαIl.13.60, al.: pf. πέπληκα ἐμ-) Pl.Ap.23e, Ly. 204d:—Med., fut.πλήσομαι ἐμ-) Arat.1121, App.Syr.7:aor. “ἐπλησάμηνIl.9.224, etc.:—Pass., fut. “πλησθήσομαιEv.Luc.1.15, Charito 5.5, Him.Or.23.14, (ἐμ-) E.Hipp.664, Isoc.6.69; also “πεπλήσομαιPorph. Abst.1.16: aor. “ἐπλήσθηνIl.20.156, etc.; Ep. 3pl. “πλῆσθεν17.211, Od.4.705: pf. “πέπλησμαιBabr.60, (ἐμ-) Pl.R.518b, 3pl. “πεπλήαταιSemon.31 A, “πέπληνταιHp.Flat.8; also shortd. form “πλῆνταιParm. 1.13: aor. 2 ἐπλήμην, Ep.3sg. and pl. πλῆτο, πλῆντο, Il.17.499, Od.8.57, Parm.12.1; “ἐν-έπλητοAr.V.911, 1304; imper. ἔμ-πλησο ib.603; opt. ἐμ-πλῄμην, -ῇτο, Id.Ach.236, Lys.235; part. “ἐμ-πλήμενοςId.V. 424, 984, etc.—In the compd. ἐμπίμπλημι (q.v.; more freq. in Prose) the second μ is sts. dropped, as ἐμπίπλημι; but returns with the augm., as in ἐνεπίμπλασαν; cf. πίμπρημι :—fill, c. gen.rei, fill full of . . , “τράπεζαν ἀμβροσίηςOd.5.93; “πήρην σίτου καὶ κρειῶν17.411; π. τινὰ μένεος, θάρσευς φρένας, Il.13.60, 17.573; “καλάμης τὸ πλοῖονHdt.1.194; “π. κρητῆρα κακῶνA.Ag.1398; “πίμπλημ᾽ ὄμμα δακρύωνS.El.906; δακρύων ἔπλησεν ἐμέ filled me full of tears, E.Or.368: c. dat. rei, fill with . . , “ἰαχῇ τε φόβῳ τε πάσας πλῆσαν ὁδούςIl.16.374; “δακρύοις Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἅπασαν ἔπλησενE.Or.1363 (lyr.); simply, fill, “ἰχθύες . . πιμπλᾶσι μυχούςIl.21.23, cf. 14.35, Hes.Op.411, Pl.Grg.494a; “π. μέλοςA.Fr.57.4: abs., πίμπλη σὺ μὲν ἐμοί (sc. τὴν κύλικα) Xenarch.3.
2. fill full, satisfy, glut, E.Cyc.146, etc.
3. fill, discharge an office, A.Ch.361 (dub.).
II. Med., fill for oneself, or what is one's own, πλησάμενος οἴνοιο δέπας having filled himself a cup of wine, Il.9.224, cf. Od.14.112, etc.; π. νῆας load ships, ib.87; π. . . θυμὸν ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος fill up, satiate one's desire with . . , 17.603; “ματρόθεν δυσώνυμα λέκτρ᾽ ἐπλήσωS.OC528 (lyr.); πεδία πίμπλασθ᾽ ἁρμάτων fill the plain full of your chariots, v.l. in E.Ph.522.
2. to be filled, satisfied, have enough of a thing, “αἱμάτων γένυσιν πλησθῆναιS.Ant.121; π. τῆς νόσου ξυνουσίᾳ to be wearied of it by being with it, Id.Ph.520; “ἡδονῶνPl.R.442a, etc.
3. of females, become pregnant, Arist. HA576b29, 578b32. (Cf. Skt.piparti 'fill', pūrṇá-, Lat. plenus, Goth. fulls, etc. 'full'.)
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