The corpus record

Αἰγυπτι-άζω

*aiguptiazo

to be like an Egyptian

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What it meant

Αἰγυπτι-άζω · Aigypti-azō — LSJ

to be like an Egyptian, to be sly and crafty

to be like an Egyptian, i.e. to be sly and crafty, Cratin. 378, cf. Ar. Th. 922.

2 speak Egyptian

speak Egyptian, Luc. Philops. 31.

II to be like Egypt, be under water

to be like Egypt, i.e. be under water, Philostr. Im. 2.14.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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