1. λικμάω · likmaō — Beekes
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λικμάω
likmao
to separate the grain from the chaff, winnow
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What it meant
2. λικμάω · likmaō — Chantraine
3. λικμάω · likmaō — Frisk
4. λικμ-άω · likm-aō — LSJ
part the grain from the chaff, winnow, ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων Il. 5.500; σῖτον λ. X. Oec. 18.6; καρπὸν ἀπʼ ἀσταχύων B. l.c.: metaph., scatter like chaff, LXX Ez. 29.12; make away with, ib. Is. 30.22; crush, destroy, ἐλίκμησάν μου τὸ λάχανον BGU 146.8 (iii A.D.); ἐφʼ ὃν δʼ ἂν πέσῃ (sc. ὁ λίθος) λικμήσει αὐτόν Ev.Luc. 20.18.
In the wild
- λικμώντων · likmōntōn Iliad 5.500
- λικμήσει · likmēsei New Testament, Luke 20.18 (DIORISIS sentence 1028)
- λικμήσει · likmēsei New Testament, Matthew 21.44 (DIORISIS sentence 905)
- λικμᾶται · likmatai Septuaginta, Amos 9
- λικμήσω · likmēsō Septuaginta, Ezechiel 26
- λικμήσω · likmēsō Septuaginta, Ezechiel 29
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λικμάω (scan pp. 908-909; entry #3765). Root candidates: *neik-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λικμάω (scan p. 657; entry #4837).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λικμάω (scan pp. 1094-1095; entry #3580).
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