expectorate
expectorate, (χέλυς II) Nic. Al. 81, Moer. p.102P.:—Hsch. cites χελούειν, = βήσσειν (Lacon. or Boeot.).
II spit out
Act. χελλύσσω, metaph. of a swimmer, spit out, i.e. the waves, Lyc. 727, cf. Sch.ad.loc.
The corpus record
χελύσσομαι
chelussomai
expectorate
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What it meant — LSJ
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.