Definify.com

Definition 2024


ἀντλέω

ἀντλέω

Ancient Greek

Verb

ἀντλέω (antléō)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) I bale out bilge-water
    • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 673–674
      ἀντλεῖν δ' οὐκ ἐθέλουσιν· ὑπερβάλλει δὲ θάλασσα / ἀμφοτέρων τοίχων.
      They refuse to bail, though the sea runs over both sides [of the ship]
  2. (transitive, intransitive) I draw water
    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 6 119.3
      ὑποτύψας δὲ τούτῳ [= ἡμίσει ἀσκοῦ] ἀντλέει καὶ ἔπειτα ἐγχέει ἐς δεξαμενήν
      he draws it [= the mixture of salt, asphalt, and oil] by dipping this [the half-skin] and then pours it into a tank
  3. I search, seek
  4. (transitive) I drain, exhaust
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 3.62
      τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν.
      exhaust the possible means

Inflection

Related terms

References