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ἐμπίμπλημι , Ion.2sg.pres.
3. fill a hungry man with food, Od.17.503.
5. fulfil, accomplish, “τὴν αὑτοῦ μοῖρανPl.Lg. 959c.
II. Med. (with aor. Pass.), “ἐμπίμπλαμαιE.Ion925; “ἐμπιμπλάμενοςCratin.142, Pherecr.80, Epicur.Nat.117G.: impf. “ἐνεπιμπλάμηνX.An.7.7.46, Aeschin.3.230, etc.: later 3pl. “ἐνεπιμπλῶντοD.S.34/5.2.29:—fill for oneself or what is one's own, “ἐμπλήσατο νηδύνOd.9.296; μένεος ἐμπλήσατο θυμόν he filled his heart with rage, Il.22.312; θαλέων ἐμπλησάμενος κῆρ ib.504; τὸ ἄγγος τοῦ ὕδατος . Hdt.5.12.
3. c. part., “μισῶν οὔποτ᾽ ἐμπλησθήσομαι γυναῖκαςE.Hipp.664, cf.Ion925; “βάλλων . . οὐκ ἂν ἐμπλῄμηνAr.Ach.236; “οὐκ ἐνεπίμπλασο ὑπισχνούμενοςX.An.7.7.46; ἔμπλησο λέγων speak thy fill, Ar.V.603.—The two last constructions are post-Homeric. (Freq. written -πίπλ-, but the evidence of the best codd. of Att. writers is in favour of -πίμπλ-.)
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