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κατασμύχω

katasmucho

burn with a slow fire, burn up

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What it meant

κατασμύχω · katasmychō — LSJ

burn with a slow fire, burn up, waste away

burn with a slow fire, burn up, κατά τε σμῦξαι πυρὶ νῆας Il. 9.653: metaph., ὅς με κατασμύχων, of love, Theoc. 3.17:—in Pass., of a disappointed rival, waste away, Id. 8.90, cf. Phalar. Ep. 144.4; σεσηρός τι καὶ κατεσμυγμένον ὑποβλέπειν Hld. 7.21.

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