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ὑποψάλλω

upopsallo

touch softly

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What it meant

ὑποψάλλω · hypopsallō — LSJ

touch softly, invites, to sing

touch softly, prop. of the strings of the lyre: metaph., ὑ. τοὺς τέττιγας ἡ ὥρα invites them to sing, Philostr. VA 7.11.

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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