ἀφύσσω , fut. ἀφύξω, aor. ἤφυσα, part. ἀφύσσα_ς, mid.
aor. ἠφυσάμην, ἀφυσσάμην, part. ἀφυσσάμενος: draw (water or
wine), mid., for oneself, often by dipping from a
larger receptacle into a smaller (ἀπὸ or
ἔκ τινος, or τιν<*>ς); οἰνοχόει
γλυκὺ νέκταρ, ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ἀφύσσων, for the other
gods, Il. 1.598
; ἀφυσσάμενοι μέλαν υ?δωρ, for their
own use, on ship-board, Od. 4.359
; διὰ (adv.) δ᾽
ἔντερα χαλκὸς | ἤφυσε, pierced and ‘opened,’ (cf.
‘dip into’ him), Il.
13.508, Il. 17.315, Il. 14.517; met., ἄφε-
νος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν,
‘draw off,’ i. e. accumulate riches for another
man, Il. 1.171.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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