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ἐμφορ-έω ,
A.= ἐμφέρω:—Pass., to be borne about in or on, c. dat., “κύμασιν ἐμφορέοντοOd.12.419; “ὕδασιA.R.4.626.
II. pour in, “ἄκρατονD.S.16.93; fill, “πολέμων καὶ ταραχῶν ἅπανταAgath.1.1:— Med. and Pass., fill oneself with a thing, take one's fill or make much use of it, “ἐνεφορέετο τοῦ μαντηΐουHdt.1.55; to be filled full of, Duris 27 J.; οἴνου, ἀκράτου, Hdn.4.11.3, Plu.2.1067e; κακίας, ἀμαθίας, Ph. 1.204,97; “ἀγαθῶνPLips.119 ii 6 (iii A. D.); ἐξουσίας, ὕβρεως, Plu.Cic. 19, Sert.5, etc.; “τοῦ τέλουςDam.Pr.288: c. acc. rei, “ἄκρατονD.S. 4.4, Ph.2.403, cf. Alciphr.1.35, Thrasym.4, Porph.Abst.1.23, Gal. 6.243: abs., Alciphr.1.1:—Act. in this sense is dub. in Democr. 1a.
III. metaph., put upon, inflict on, “πληγάς τινιD.S.19.70, Plu. Pomp.3; “. ὕβρεις εἴς τιναAlciphr.1.9:—Med., App.BC3.28.
2. cast in one's teeth, “φόνους . τινίS.OC989.
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