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αἰον-άω

aionao

to moisten, bathe (a wound)

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What it meant

1. αἰονάω · aionaō — Beekes

αἰονάω [v.] ‘to moisten, bathe (a wound)’ (Hp.). eDER Verbal nouns αἰόνησις and αἰόνημα. *ETYM Etymology unknown. — [Beekes, s.v. αἰονάω, p. 88]

2. αἰονάω · aionaō — Frisk

αἰονάω “befeuchten, bähen’ (Hp. u.a.). Davon die Verbalnomina αἰπόλος --- αἱρέω 48 — [Frisk, s.v. αἰονάω, p. 72]

3. αἰον-άω · aion-aō — LSJ

moisten, foment

moisten, foment, Hp. Nat.Mul. 44: fut. αἰονήσω BKT 3.20: aor. 1 ᾐόνησα A. Fr. 425:—Med., Lyc. 1425.

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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