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παρα-ψαύω

parapsauo

touch gently

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What it meant

παρα-ψαύω · para-psauō — LSJ

touch gently, lightly

touch gently or lightly, Hp. Mul. 2.160 ; τινος Plu. Sollert. 2.971c, Eum. 7, etc.

2 touch lightly, slightly on

metaph., touch lightly or slightly on a subject, τῆς δόξης S.E. l.c. :—Pass., παρέψαυσταί μοι ἀποφῆναι . . Hp. Morb. 4.44.

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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