The corpus record

σαίρω

sairo2

sweep, clean

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

What it meant — LSJ

sweep, clean

sweep, clean, σαίρειν τε δῶμα E. Hec. 363; σαίρειν στέγας Id. Cyc. 29, cf. Hyps.Fr. 1 ii 17 (lyr.); μυρσίνας ἱερὰν φόβαν, ᾇ σαίρω δάπεδον θεοῦ Id. Ion 121, cf. 115 (both lyr.).

2 sweep up, away

sweep up or away, πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες S. Ant. 409: metaph., τὰμ . . πορτʼ ἀλλάλονς διαφορὰν καὶ ἀμειξίαν σᾶραι BCH 29.204 (Crete).

In the wild

σαίρειν · sairein Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 170)
σαίρεις · saireis Euripides, Ion 1 (DIORISIS sentence 39)
σαίρω · sairō Euripides, Ion 1 (DIORISIS sentence 40)
σεσαρυῖα · sesaryia Shield of Heracles 268–269
σεσηρὸς · sesēros Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.18.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1920)
σήραντες · sērantes Sophocles, Antigone 407–414

Where it came from

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