4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of λεῖβε:
λείβω (pour, pour forth): pres imperat act 2nd sg
λείβω (pour, pour forth): imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)
LSJ entry
λείβω
λείβω
,
Il. 1.463
,
etc.:
aor.
inf.
λεῖψαι
,
part.
λείψας
,
7.481
,
24.285
:—
Med.
,
aor.
ἐλειψάμην
E. Alc. 1015
:—
Pass.
,
Hes. Sc. 390
,
E.
(v.infr.):—
A.
pour,
pour
forth
,
used
like
σπένδω
in
a
religious
sense,
οἶνον
λείβειν
make
a
libation
of
wine,
Il. 1.463
,
Od. 3.460
;
μέθυ
12.362
;
also
λείβειν
(without
οἶνον
)
Il. 24.285
;
ἐξ
ἀσαμίνθου
κύλικος
λ.
Cratin. 234
;
esp.
with
a
dat.
of
the
gods
to
whom
the
libation
is
made,
λεῖψαι
Κρονίωνι
Il. 7.481
;
θεοῖς
Od. 2.432
;
in
full,
Διὶ
λ.
αἴθοπα
οἶνον
Il. 6.266
,
cf.
10
.
579
:
rare
in
Trag.,
σπονδὰς
θύειν
τε
λ.
τʼ
A. Supp. 981
;
σπονδὰς
θεοῖς
λ.
E. Ion 1033
:—
Med.
,
σπονδάς
Id.
Alc.
l.c.
II.
like
εἴβω
(q.v.),
let
flow,
shed
,
δάκρυα
λ.
Il. 13.88
,
658
,
Od. 5.84
,
16.214
;
δάκρυ
λ.
A. Th. 51
;
ἐκ
δʼ
ὀμμάτων
λείβουσι
δυσφιλῆ
λίβα
(
δία
cod.
M)
Id. Eu. 54
;
διʼ
ὄμματος
ἀστακτὶ
λ.
δάκρυον
S. OC 1251
;
τήκειν
καὶ
λ.
(abs.)
melt
and
liquefy
oneʼs
spirit,
Pl. R. 411b
:—
Pass.
,
of
the
tears,
to
be
shed,
pour
forth
,
E. Ph. 1522
(lyr.),
X. Cyr. 6.4.3
;
but
also,
of
persons,
λείβομαι
δάκρυσιν
κόρας
have
my
eyes
running
with
tears,
E. Andr. 532
(lyr.).
2.
of
other
liquids,
κόμαι
λείβουσιν
ἔλαια
drip
with
oil,
Call. Ap. 38
:—
Pass.
,
ἀφρὸς
περὶ
στόμα
λείβεται
Hes.l.c.,
cf.
Pl. Ti. 82d
;
ὅπλα
λύθρῳ
λ.,
τύμβος
λ.
μέλιτι
,
AP 6.163
(
Mel.
),
7.36
(
Eryc.
):
metaph.,
of
sound
(cf.
χέω
)
,
θρῆνον
.
.
λειβόμενον
.
.
σὺν
καμάτῳ
Pi. P. 12.10
.
III.
in
Pass.
,
also,
melt
or
pine
away
,
Ar. Eq. 327
(lyr.),
Plu.
2.681b.—
σπένδω
was
nearly
equiv.
in
sense,
and
was
used
in
Att.
Com.
and
Prose
(exc.
Pl.and
X.
ll.cc.).