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ψίζω

psizo

feed on pap

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What it meant — LSJ

feed on pap, chew, to be fed

feed on pap, = ψωμίζω (Eust. 1631.43, Phot., etc.), or = ποτίζω (Orion Lex. col.168); λευκῷ σʼ ἔψισα γάλακτι (Meineke for ἔψησα) Euph. 92:—Med., chew, ψίσεται πύρνον γνάθῳ Lyc. 639:—Pass., to be fed, ἐξ ὑμέων ἐψισμένον (sc. βρέφος) AP 9.302 (Antip.).

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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