ἠθέω

etheo

-sift, strain

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6518
Book 22 2
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22229
22239

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἠθέω, aor. 1 ἤθησα (ἤθισα codd.), A. gloss on ἦσα, v. ἤθω:—Med., aor. 1 ἠθησάμην Nic. Al. 324: (ἤθω): -sift, strain, Nic.l.c.:—Pass., to be strained, τὸ ἠθούμενον Pl. Cra. 402d; [οἶνος] ἠθημένος Epil. 6; χρυσὸς ἠθημένος διὰ πέτρας filtered through, Pl. Ti. 59b: metaph., ἐκ τετρημένης [τὴν ῥῆσιν] ἠθεῖ lets it trickle out, Herod. 3.33.

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