ὀμόργνυμι
omorgnymi
wipe
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀμόργνυμι, A. wipe, aor. Act. opt. ὀμόρξαις Th. 558 ; cf. ὄμαρξον: —Med., δάκρυά τʼ ὠμόργνυντο were drying their tears, Od. 11.527, cf. 530 ; χερσὶ παρειάων δάκρυʼ ὀμορξαμένη Il. 18.124 ; θᾶκον ὀμόργνυσθαι ap. 8.17. (The simple Verb is Ep., but ἀπ-, ἐξομόργνυμι are used also in Att.) (Cf. Skt. mrjáti ‘wipe’.)
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