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ἰκμάω

ikmao1

winnow

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What it meant

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]

2. ἰκμάω · ikmaō — LSJ

= λικμάω, Hsch. (Act. and Pass.):—also ἰκμάσαι· ἐφορμῆσαι, Id. (For νικμάω, ν being lost by dissimilation; v. νεικητήρ.)

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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