for the meaning of the word is a passage about Julius Caesar, who threw himself in the sea and escaped with great difficulty by swimming: It was said that he was holding many papers and would not let them go, although missiles were flying at him and he was immersed [βαπτιζόμενος] in the sea; but holding them above the water in one hand he swam with the other. (Caesar 49.4 = Lives 731) Another usage, for which Plutarch’s predecessors employed baptō, is a person “dipping [βαπτίσας] his hand into