The corpus record

ὑποσμύχω

uposmucho

cause to smoulder away, consume slowly

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What it meant

ὑποσμύχω · hyposmychō — LSJ

cause to smoulder away, consume slowly

cause to smoulder away, consume slowly, prob. in Aët. 7.39:—Pass., ὑποσμύχονται ὀπωπαί A.R. 2.445: metaph., ὑποσμύχουσα· ἔνδον ἐρεθίζουσα, Hsch., ἐνδιερεθίζουσα, ὑποκαίουσα, θλίβουσα, καταπονοῦσα, Phot., Suid.

II smoulder

Pass., of fire, smoulder, Eust. 864.50, 1012.13; of itching, prob. in Alex.Trall. Febr. 2: metaph., ὁ νοῦς . . ζωπυρεῖται -σμυχόμενος Eust. 1656.47; ὑποσμύχεταί τι ἀπειλῆς Id. 717.51.

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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