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σμῆξις

smexis · ἡ

cleansing, washing, wash, salve

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What it meant

σμῆξις · smēxis — LSJ

cleansing, washing

cleansing, τῶν ὀδόντων Str. 17.3.7, Dsc. 2.4; washing of the hair, Diocl. Fr. 141.

2 wash, salve

wash, salve, σ. ψωρικαί Dsc. 5.109.

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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