The corpus record

ὑποσείω

uposeio

rotate, spin round

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Where it lives

Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ὑποσείω · hyposeiō — LSJ

rotate, spin round, paralysis agitans

rotate, spin round, οἱ δέ τʼ ἔνερθεν ὑποσσείουσιν ἱμάντι, of a stake, compared to an auger, Od. 9.385; τὰ ὑποσείοντα κεφαλάς (vv. ll. -ήν, -ῆς), perh. a form of paralysis agitans, Hp. Coac. 159.

2 sift out

sift out, v. ὑποσήθω.

II hold out, throw to

hold out or throw to, ἄρτους Ael. NA 7.13.

In the wild

ὑποσσείουσιν · hyposseiousin Odyssey 9.385

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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