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ἀκρο-θῐγής

akrothiges

touching on surface, touching the lips

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What it meant

ἀκρο-θῐγής · akro-thigēs — LSJ

touching on surface, touching the lips, just, so that it is hardly wetted

touching on surface, touching the lips, φίλημα AP 12.68 (Mel.): metaph., ἀ. περὶ τὰς πράξεις Vett.Val. 40.1. Adv. ἀκροθιγῶς, ἐμβάπτειν just dip in, so that it is hardly wetted, Dsc. 2.83: metaph., ἀ. εἴρηται Marin. Procl. 26, cf. Vett.Val. 271.11, Men.Rh. p.417 S.

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