Σμῦξαι

to smolder

Translated by William Hutton12 Mar 2014Vetting: high2 revisions

3 words
[Meaning] to burn.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σμῦξαι· καῦσαι.

Betacode
*smu=cai: kau=sai.

Notes

  1. = Synagoge sigma152, Photius sigma408 Theodoridis (with other references). Taken to come from commentary to Homer, Iliad 9.653, where the only literary attestation of this form occurs, in the phrase kata/ te smu=cai puri\ nh=as; cf. scholia ad loc., Hesychius sigma1282.

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σ748ΣμοιόςSmoios, Smoeusσ749Σμυγεράνgrievious, painfulσ750Σμῦξαιto smolderσ751Σμύραιναmoray eel, murry, sea-eelσ752Σμύρναmyrrh
Revision history2 revisions · last 13 Mar 2014
  1. another keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks, status — Catharine Roth
  3. Translated — William Hutton

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