1. σεῖν · sein — Beekes
σεῖν [v.] ‘to let children urinate’ (Ar. fr. 850). eETYM Onomatopoeic. — [Beekes, s.v. σεῖν, p. 1367]
The corpus record
σεῖν
sein
to let children urinate
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What it meant
2. σεῖν · sein — Chantraine
σεῖν : onomatopée pour faire uriner les enfants (Ar. fr. 850). — [Chantraine, s.v. σεῖν, p. 1013]
3. σεῖν · sein — LSJ
run
run, Hsch.
II a whistling sound
a whistling sound used by nurses to induce young children to make water, Ar. Fr. 850.
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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