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πέκω

πέκω, to comb

πέκω, Ep. 2 pl. pres. imper. πείκετε Od. 18.316 (metri gr.), but also inf. πείκειν (v. infr.): aor. ἔπεξα AP 6.279 (Euph.):—Med., aor. ἐπεξάμην Il. 14.176:—Pass., aor. ἐπέχθην Ar. Nu. 1356:—
  • comb, εἴρια π. card it, Od. 18.316; ἔπεξε καλὰς Εὔδοξος ἐθείρας AP l.c.:— Med., χαίτας πεξαμένη when she had combed her hair, Il. 14.176.
      • 2 shear, ὄϊς πείκειν Hes. Op. 775, cf. Theoc. 5.98, Ael. NA 1.38:—Med., πόκοις πέξασθαι have their wool shorn, Theoc. 28.13; ἐπέξαθʼ ὁ Κριός Simon. 13 (cf. Ar. Nu. 1356):—Pass., Ar. l.c.; πέκεται Eust. 531.5. (Cf. Lith. pèšti ‘pluck’.)

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