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σπᾰδον-ίζω

spadonizo

make flaccid

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What it meant

σπᾰδον-ίζω · spadon-izō — LSJ

make flaccid

make flaccid, περὶ τοῖς ὀδοῦσι . . τὰς τῆς πιμελῆς κτηδόνας Sor. 1.118.

2 curtail, cramp, emasculate

metaph. in trans. sense, σ. τὸν ἦχον curtail, cramp, emasculate their sound, of the short vowels, D.H. Comp. 14 (as v.l. for σπανίζει).

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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