The corpus record

λημ-άω

lemao

to be bleared

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Where it lives

Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

λημ-άω · lēm-aō — LSJ

to be bleared, to be blear-eyed, purblind, to have oneʼs eyes running

to be bleared, of the eyes, Hp. Prorrh. 2.18; to be blear-eyed or purblind, λημᾶν κολοκύνταις to have oneʼs eyes running pumpkins, Ar. Nu. 327, cf. Hsch.; λ. καὶ ἀμβλυώττειν Luc. Tim. 2, etc.: metaph., Κρονικαῖς λήμαις λ. τὰς φρένας Ar. Pl. 581.

In the wild

λημᾷς · lēmais Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 277)
λημῶντες · lēmōntes Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 482)
λημῶν · lēmōn Plotinus, Enneads 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 456)

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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