βάπτω
Etym. Root ΒΑΦ
I. trans. "to dip in water", Lat. immergere, Od., Plat.:—of slaughter, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος Aesch.; ἔβαψας ἔγχος Soph.; φάσγανον εἴσω σαρκὸς ἔβαψεν Eur.
2. "to dip in poison", ἰούς, χιτῶνα Soph.
3. "to dip in dye, to dye", Hdt., Aesch.:—Comic, βάπτειν τινὰ βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν "to dye" one in the [red] dye of Sardis, i. e. give him a bloody coxcomb, Ar.
4. "to draw" water "by dipping" a vessel, Theocr.; βάψασα ἁλός (sc. τὸ τεῦχος) "having dipped" it "so as to draw" water from the sea, Eur.
II. intr., ναῦς ἔβαψεν the ship "dipped, sank", id=Eur.