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ψάω

ψάω, to touch lightly, rub

ψάω [ᾱ, but always contracted], ψῇ S. Tr. 678, inf. ψῆν (περι-) Ar. Eq. 909: impf. contr. 3 sg. prob. ἀπέψη (v. ἀποψάω): fut. ψήσω (ἀπο-) Id. Lys. 1035: aor. ἔψησα Hippon. 12 Diehl, A.R. 3.831, (κατ-, περι-) Pl. Phd. 89b, Ar. Pl. 730:—Med., freq. in compos. with ἀπό:— Pass., aor. ἐψήθην (συν-) LXX Je. 31(48).33 (v.l. -ψήσθ-) ; ἐψήσθην (ἀν-) BGU 530.17 (i A. D.): pf. ἔψησμαι (παρ-) Poll. 4.152. Later authors sts. use the contr. by ᾱ instead of η, inf. ἀνα-ψᾶν Dsc. 4.64:—
  • rub, wipe, τίς ὀμφαλητόμος σε . . ἔψησε κἀπέλουσεν; Hippon. l.c.; polish, PHolm. 3.19; rub smooth, αὐσταλέας δʼ ἔψησε παρηΐδας A.R. l.c.; of solderers, PLond. 3.1177.285 (ii A. D.).
    • II intr., crumble away, vanish, disappear, S. Tr. 678 (s. v. l.). (ψάω, ψαίω, ψαύω, ψαίρω, ψήχω, ψώχω, and perh. ψίω, ψωμός, seem to be different enlargements of ψ-, which corresponds to ps- in Skt. psā ´ti, bhes- in Skt. babhasti ‘crush, chew, devour’, bhasman ‘ashes’.)

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