1. *σαίρω · *sairō
grin
The corpus record
*σαίρω
sairo1
grin
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What it meant — LSJ
2. *σαίρω · *sairō
part the lips and show the closed teeth, grin, smiling
part the lips and show the closed teeth (cf. Gal. 18(2).597), grin, σέσηρεν ἄν τε βούλητʼ ἄν τε μή Alex. 98.26; Σάτυροι ἀπὸ τοῦ σεσηρέναι Ael. VH 3.40; but mostly in part., ἄπλητον σεσᾰρυῖα (Ep. for σεσηρυῖα) Hes. Sc. 268; οἷον σεσηρὼς ἐξαπατήσειν μʼ οἴεται Ar. V. 901; ἠγριωμένους ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι καὶ σεσηρότας Id. Pax 620; σ. καὶ γελῶν Com.Adesp. 606; γελῶντα καὶ σ. Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.223c; σιμὰ σ. AP 5.178 (Mel.); but also without any such bad sense, εἶπε σεσᾱρὼς ὄμματι μειδιόωντι smiling, Theo
2 grinning
transferred to grinning laughter, σεσηρόσι μειδιήμασι Hp. Gland. 12; σεσηρότι γέλωτι Luc. Am. 13: the neut. is used in Adv. sense, σεσᾱρὸς γελᾶν Theoc. 20.14; σεσηρὸς αἰκάλλειν, of a fox, Babr. 50.14, cf. Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 26.
3 gaping
of a wound or sore, ἕλκος σεσηρὸς καὶ ἐκπεπλιγμένον gaping, Hp. Fract. 32, cf. Aret. CA 2.2; also σ. χάσμημα, of a metrical hiatus, Eust. 840.43.
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.