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ἀσάω

ἀσάω, to feel loathing

ἀσάω [ᾰσ-], Thgn. 593; elsewh. Pass. ἀσάομαι, imper. ἀσῶ, part. ἀσώμενος: aor. ἠσήθην: (ἄση):—orig.
  • glut oneself, take a surfeit, and so perh. in Sapph. Supp. 2.7; but usu., feel loathing or nausea, caused by surfeit, ἀσᾶται Hp. Morb.Sacr. 25, Int. 35; of pregnant women, Arist. HA 584a22: metaph., to be disgusted or vexed at a thing, c. dat., μηδὲν ἄγαν χαλεποῖσιν ἀσῶ φρένα Thgn. 657, cf. 593; ὅταν δέ τι θυμὸν ἀσηθῇς Id. 989; ἄσαιο Sapph. l.c.; ἐδίζητο ἐπʼ ᾧ ἂν μάλιστα τὴν ψυχὴν ἀσηθείη Hdt. 3.41; ἀσώμενος ἐν φρεσί Theoc. 25.240; Aeol. ἀσάμενοι [σᾱ] disgusted, Alc. 35.—Never in good Att.; in later Prose, πολλὰ ἀσώμενοι καὶ ἀδημονοῦντες Ph. Fr. 74 H.

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