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σῑμαίνω

simaino

to be σιμός

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What it meant

σῑμαίνω · simainō — LSJ

to be σιμός, turn up your nose

to be σιμός (q.v.), An.Ox. 1.138; μὴ σίμαινε do not turn up your nose, Call. Iamb. 1.104 (Hermes 69.168); cf. σιμοποιέω.

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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