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εἰσμάσσομαι

eismassomai

wipe upon, imparting

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What it meant

εἰσμάσσομαι · eismassomai — LSJ

wipe upon, imparting

wipe upon, κόλπον ἐς εὐώδη.. ἐσεμάξατο χεῖρας, metaph., of Aphrodite imparting her charms, Theoc. 17.37.

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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