σμάω

σμάω, σμάομαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to rub (off), to wipe off', midd. also `to rub oneself in, to anoint'.

Other forms: (σμᾳ̃, σμᾶται Hdt. a. late; σμῃ̃, σμῆται Att. com.; σμῆν Luc.), aor. σμῆσαι, -ήσασθαι (mostly Ion. hell. a. late), Dor. ptc. σμασαμένα (Call.), perf. midd. ptc. προ-εζμησμένος (pap. II^p),

Compounds: also (esp. act.) with ἀπο-, ἐκ- a. o.

Derivatives: σμῆμα, Dor. (Theoc.) σμᾱ̃μα n. `cleanser, soap, ointment' (Ar. Fr. 17, hell. a. late). -- With velar enlargement (Schwyzer 702 w. n. 5 a. lit., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 330): A. σμήχω, -ομαι (since ζ 226), aor. σμῆξαι, -ασθαι (Hp., hell. a. late), pass. σμηχθῆναι (Ar.), perf. midd. ptc. ἐσμηγμένος (Dsc.), also with ἀπο-, δια- a.o., `id.'. From this 1. νεό-σμηκ-τος `newly polished' (Ν 342 a.o.). 2. σμῆγμα = σμῆμα, with -ματώδης (Hp., late). 3. σμῆξις (ἀπό-) f. `the rubbing off, cleaning' (Str., Dsc. a. o.). 4. σμήκ-της m. `one who rubs off' (gloss.); -τρίς f. `kind of fullers earth' (Hp., com.), -τικός `cleaning' (medic.). -- B. σμώχω, σμῶξαι `to bray, to grind' (Ar., Nik.), after σώχω, ψώχω (?).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Unexplained. Following Persson, Stud. 11, 65, 155f. a. elsewhere Bq and WP. 2, 685, Pok. 966 (where further forms a. lit.) assuming a IE longdiphthong smēi- (resp. an interchange sm-ē- : sm-ei-) adduce a Germ. word group with the meaning `stroke, besmear', also `strike etc.' with representatives in Goth. bi-, ga-smeitan, OHG smīzan etc.; neither phonetically nor semant. quite satisfactory; to this Lat. macula f. `stain, blot' (from *smǝ-tlā ?; W.-Hofmann s. v. with reservation).-- S. also σμῶδιξ and σμώνη. -- If the word were IE it would require *smeh₂-, smoh₂-.

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