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σήθω

setho

to sieve, sift

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What it meant

1. σήθω · sēthō — Beekes

σήθω [v.] ‘to sieve, sift’ (Hp., Dsc., Hell. and late pap.). 41Ὲ *kieh,- ‘sieve’> eVAR Aor. σῆσαι, σησθῆναι, perf. σέσησμαι, ver bal adj. σηστός, *COMP Also with δια-, kata-, etc. *DER σῆσις (Suid.), σᾶσις (Delph.) [f.] ‘sieving’, σῆστρα’ κόσκινα ‘sieve’ (H.), whence onotpidiov [n.] (pap. II). *ETYM This verb seems to be a 0-present (compare πλήθω, and especially the synonym 1/8€w) to a root on < σᾶ-, which is … — [Beekes, s.v. σήθω, p. 1373]

2. σήθω · sēthō — Chantraine

σήθω : « passer au crible, tamiser, filtrer » (pap. nie 8. av., médec., etc.) ; aor, part. σήσας (Hp.), passif ἐσήσθη ou ἐσήθη (Aret., etc.), parf. σέσησται (Hp. Dsc., etc.) ; également avec des préverbes, surtout &ro-, δια- (Hp., etc.), ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα- (Hp. etc.) Rares dérivés : σηστός, avec ἄ- et ἀπό- (tardif) ; σῆσις f. (Suid.) et σᾷσις (Delphes); noms d'instruments σῆστρα * κόσχινα (Hsch.) et σηστρίδιον (pap. … — [Chantraine, s.v. σήθω, p. 1017]

3. σήθω · sēthō — LSJ

sift, bolt

sift, bolt, ll.cc.

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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