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ὑποψοφέω

upopsopheo

make a slight noise

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What it meant

ὑποψοφέω · hypopsopheō — LSJ

make a slight noise

make a slight noise, ἐν τοῖσι ποτοῖσι Hp. Coac. 62, cf. Epid. 5.63; of water under ice, Ael. NA 6.24.

2 snapping, in accompaniment

ἐπορχουμένην ἑαυτῇ . . καὶ τοῖς δακτύλοις . . ὑποψοφοῦσαν snapping her fingers in accompaniment, Plu. Alex. fort. 2.336c.

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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