1. ἰκμάω · ikmaō — Beekes
ἰκμάω “‘winnow’. = λικμάω. ixpevos [adj.] epithet of οὖρος ‘wind’ (A 479, Od.). *ETYM Old athem. ptc. like ἄρμενος, ἄσμενος, etc. (Schwyzer: 524, Chantraine 1942: 384), probably derived from ἵκω, ἱκέσθαι ‘arrive’, but the proper meaning is unclear. Perhaps “mit dem man gut vorwarts kommt” (Schwyzer), thus “with which one advances well”, i.e. favorable’. Others (Schulze 1892: 493, Bechtel … — [Beekes, s.v. ἰκμάω, p. 631]