The corpus record

σᾰρόω

saroo

sweep clean

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Where it lives

Luke 2 · 1.04/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k

What it meant — LSJ

sweep clean, to be swept clean, exhausted

sweep clean, τὴν οἰκίαν Ev.Luc. 15.8, Artem. 2.33, cf. A.D. Synt. 253.7:—Pass., οἶκος σεσαρωμένος Ev.Matt. 12.44, etc.: metaph., to be swept clean, exhausted, PGiss. 11.19 (ii A.D.).

II swept

Pass., of the thing swept, κῦμα . . μεταξὺ χοιράδων σαρούμενον Lyc. 389. Rejected by Phryn. 63.

In the wild

σεσαρωμένον · sesarōmenon New Testament, Luke 11.25 (DIORISIS sentence 605)
σαροῖ · saroi New Testament, Luke 15.8 (DIORISIS sentence 796)
σεσαρωμένον · sesarōmenon New Testament, Matthew 12.44 (DIORISIS sentence 487)

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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