The corpus record

ψήχω

psecho

rub down, curry

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 5 · 7.2/10k
De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 2 · 3.48/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

rub down, curry

rub down, curry a horse, Ar. l.c., X. Eq. 4.5, 5.1, etc.

2 stroke

stroke, ψήχων δέρην μέτωπά τʼ E. Hel. 1567; φαρμάκῳ ἔψηχεν θηρὸς κάρη A.R. 4.164.

3 scratch

scratch, dub. in Jul. Caes. 310a.

II rub down, wear away, to be worn away

rub down, wear away, ψ. πέτρην χρόνος AP 7.225:—Pass., ψήχεται [ ἡ πέτρα] διὰ τὴν πληγὴν τῶν κυμάτων Arist. Pr. 935a13; metaph., of remembrance, to be worn away, Id. Mem. 450b3.

III scribble

metaph., scribble, ἄδικα βιβλία Call. Fr. 86.

In the wild

ψήχεσθαι · psēchesthai Aristotle, De Memoria et Reminiscentia (DIORISIS sentence 14)
ψήχων · psēchōn Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 1015)
ψήχων · psēchōn Plato, Laws 667
ψηχόμενον · psēchomenon Plato, Timaeus 84 (DIORISIS sentence 805)
ψήχοντες · psēchontes Xenophon, Hellenica 2.4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 646)
ψήξει · psēxei Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 4.4 (DIORISIS sentence 116)

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Where it came from

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