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καταιθύσσω

kataithusso

wave, float down, sheds

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What it meant

καταιθύσσω · kataithyssō — LSJ

wave, float down, sheds, down upon

wave or float down, πλόκαμοι . . νῶτον καταίθυσσον Pi. P. 4.83; εὐδίαν ὃς καταιθύσσει ἑστίαν sheds fair weather down upon the hearth, ib. 5.11:—hence καταῖθυξ ὄμβρος, Trag.Adesp. 216.

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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