The corpus record

διαψαίρω

diapsairo

brush away, blow away

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What it meant

διαψαίρω · diapsairō — LSJ

brush away, blow away, cleanse, scratch through

brush away, blow away, θυμιαμάτων αὖραι διαψαίρουσι πλεκτάνην καπνοῦ Ar. Av. 1717; διαψαίρουσα πέπλους (sc. αὔρα) Hermipp. 6; cleanse, γλώσσῃ διαψαίρουσα μυκτήρων πόρους E. Fr. 926; scratch through, of birds, Opp. H. 2.115.

II flutter

intr., flutter in the wind, Nic. Al. 127.

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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