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σμάω

smao

to rub (off), wipe off, med. also ‘to rub oneself with ointment

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What it meant

1. σμάω · smaō — Beekes

σμάω, σμάομαι [v.] ‘to rub (off), wipe off, med. also ‘to rub oneself with ointment’. <1E? *smeh,- ‘rub’> eVAR σμᾷ, σμᾶται (Hdt. and late); σμῇ, σμῆται (Att. com.); σμῆν (Luc.), aor. σμῆσαι, -ήσασθαι (mostly Ion. Hell. and late), Dor. ptc. σμασαμένα (Call.), perf. med. ptc. προ-εζμησμένος (pap. ΠΡ), *COMP Also (especially act.) with ἀπο-, éx-, etc. DER σμῆμα, Dor. (Theoc.) σμᾶμα [n.] ‘cleanser, soap, ointment’ (Ar. … — [Beekes, s.v. σμάω, p. 1417]

2. σμάω · smaō — Frisk

σμάω, σμάομαι (σμᾷ, σμᾶται Hdt. u. sp.; σμῇ, σμῆται att. Kom.; σμῆν Luk.), Aor. σμῆσαι, -ἤσασϑαι (vorw. ion. hell. u.5p.), dor. Ptz. σμασαμένα (Kall.), Perf. Med. Ptz. προεξμησμένος (Pap. IIP), auch (bes. Akt.) mit dno-, ἔκ- ἃ. ὃ.» “(ab)reiben, abwischen’, Med. auch ‘sich einreiben, salben’. Davon σμῆμα, dor. (Theok.) σμᾶμα n. “Reinigungsmittel, Seife, Salbe’ (Ar. Fr. 17, hell. u. sp.). — Mit Gutturalerweiterung … — [Frisk, s.v. σμάω, p. 1720]

3. σμάω · smaō — LSJ

wipe, cleanse with soap, unguent

wipe or cleanse with soap or unguent (σμῆμα), ἀποπλύματι τὰς τρίχας D.S. 5.28: metaph., σμήσας τε λεπτοῖς ἁλσί (sc. τὴν σηπίαν) Alex. l.c.:—Act. mostly found in compds. δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-σμάω:—more freq. in Med., σμησάμενοι τὰς κεφαλάς Hdt. 4.73, cf. 9.110; λιπαρὸν σμασαμένα πλόκαμον Call. l.c.: abs., κατέλιπον αὐτὴν σμωμένην ἐν τῇ πυέλῳ Ar. Fr. 360, cf. Antiph. l.c.—σμῆσαι and σμῆμα are said by Phryn. (228) to be more Att. than σμῆξαι, σμῆγμα; but Moer. (p.336 P.) cites ῥύπτομαι, ῥύμμα as the true

II wipe, wipe clean

wipe, wipe clean, τὴν κάρδοπον Luc. Lex. 3.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σμάω (scan pp. 1417-1418; entry #5651).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σμάω (scan p. 1046; entry #7426).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σμάω (scan p. 1720; entry #5260).

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