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ἱμάω

imao

draw up, to be tapped of, yield

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What it meant

ἱμάω · himaō — LSJ

draw up, to be tapped of, yield

draw up, esp. water from a well, Ath. 8.352a; κάδῳ Orib. Eup. 1.1.2:—Pass., to be tapped of, yield, γάλα Arist. HA 522b12, PA 688b10. (From ἱμάς 2f, acc. to Ael.Dion. Fr. 211; ἱμάω has ῑ (v. καθιμάω), like ἱμονιά, ἱμανήθρη, but ἱμαῖος has ῐ.)

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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