σμήχω

σμήχω, Hp. Acut. 65, impf. ἔσμηχον Od. 6.226: aor. ἔσμηξα Aret. (v. infr.), Nonn. D. 25.331, etc.:—Med. and Pass., σμήχομαι Hp. Acut. l.c.: aor. ἐσμήχθην (δι-) Ar. Nu. 1237: ἐσμηξάμην Hp. Steril. 219, Superf. 25: pf. part. ἐσμηγμένος Dsc. 5.79:—

• lengthd. form of σμάω, wipe off by help of soap or unguent (cf. σμῆμα, σμῆγμα), wash off, ἐκ κεφαλῆς δʼ ἔσμηχεν ἁλὸς χνόον Od. l.c.
• • • 2 clear off by help of lotions or salves, ἀχῶρας, λέπρας, Dsc. 1.33, 2.9, etc.
    • • b purge away, φλέγμα Aret. CA 1.10.
  • II soap a person, wash him with soap or unguent, Hp. Acut. l.c.; wipe clean, Lyc. 876; ἀσπίδα Babr. 76.12: prov., Αἰθίοπα σ. ‘wash a blackamoor white’, Luc. Ind. 28, Zen. 1.46, Diogenian. 1.45:—Med. and Pass., wash oneself or get oneself washed with soap or unguent, Hp. Acut. l.c.; σμηξάσθω τὴν κεφαλήν Id. Steril. l.c., Superf. l.c.; σμηχομένα κρόταφον wiping her brow clean, AP 6.276 (Antip.); τοὺς ὀδόντας Str. 3.4.16; of hair, οὔρῳ κυνείῳ σμήχου Archig. ap. Gal. 12.443.

σμήχω, oft, von Sp. auch in Prosa gebrauchte Nebenform zu σμάω, abreiben, abwischen ; χνόον ἐκ κεφαλῆς ἔσμηχεν, Od. 6.226 ; εὐώδη σμηχομένα κρόταφον, Antip.Sid. 25 (VI.276); ὀμβρία σμήχουσα νιφάς, Lycophr. 875, u. a.Sp. – Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν, einen Mohren weiß waschen, Luc. adv.Ind. 28 ; vgl. Zenob. 1.46.

σμήχω

To wipe off : ἁλὸς χνόον Od. 6.226.

σμήχω , ipf. ἔσμηχε: wipe off, cleanse, Od. 6.226†.

σμήχω longer form of σμάω

• • Ito wipe off by help of soap or unguent, to wash off, Od.
  • IIto wipe clean, Babr.: proverb., Αἰθίοπα σμ. "to wash a black man white," Luc.: —Mid., σμηχομένα κρόταφον wiping her brow clean, Anth.