κατασμύχω · katasmychō — LSJ
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.