ἀντλέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄντλος (ántlos, bilgewater) + -έω (-éō).

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Verb

ἀντλέω • (antléō)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to bail out bilgewater
    • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 673–674:
      Ἀντλεῖν δ’ οὐκ ἐθέλουσιν· ὑπερβάλλει δὲ θάλασσα / ἀμφοτέρων τοίχων.
      Antleîn d’ ouk ethélousin; huperbállei dè thálassa / amphotérōn toíkhōn.
      They refuse to bail, though the sea runs over both sides [of the ship]
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to draw water
    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 6 119.3:
      ὑποτύψας δὲ τούτῳ [= ἡμίσει ἀσκοῦ] ἀντλέει καὶ ἔπειτα ἐγχέει ἐς δεξαμενήν
      hupotúpsas dè toútōi [= hēmísei askoû] antléei kaì épeita enkhéei es dexamenḗn
      he draws it [= the mixture of salt, asphalt, and oil] by dipping this [the half-skin] and then pours it into a tank
  3. to search, seek
  4. (transitive) to drain, exhaust
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 3.62:
      τὰν δ’ ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν.
      tàn d’ émprakton ántlei makhanán.
      exhaust the possible means

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