μαραίνω
I. "to put out or quench" fire, Hhymn.:—Pass. "to die away, go slowly out", of fire, Il.
II. metaph., ὄψεις μ. "to quench" the orbs of sight, Soph.; νόσος μαραίνει με "makes" me "waste away, wears" me "out", Aesch.; of time, πάντα χρόνος μαραίνει Soph.: —Pass. "to die away, waste away, decay, wither", Eur., Thuc.; αἷμα μαραίνεται χερός blood "dies away from" my hand, Aesch.; of a river, "to dry up", Hdt.