σμάω

σμάω, [ per.] 3sg. [var] contr. σμῇ ([etym.] ἐπι-) Cratin.90, Ar.Th.389; inf.

A

σμῆν Luc.Lex.3

; [ per.] 3sg. [voice] Pass.

σμῆται Antiph.148.4

; but in [dialect] Ion. and late Prose σμᾷ, σμᾶται, Hdt.9.110, Luc.Anach.29 ([etym.] ἀπο-σμᾷ):—[tense] impf. ἔσμων ([etym.] ἐξ-) Hdt.3.148: [tense] aor.

ἔσμησα Alex.187.5

:—[voice] Med., [tense] pres. part.

σμώμενος Ar.Fr.360

: [tense] aor. part.

σμησάμενοι Hdt.4.73

; [dialect] Dor. part.

σμᾱσαμένα Call.Lav.Pall.32

; inf.

ζμήσασθαι PEnteux.82.3

(iii B.C.): —[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. part.

προ-εζμησμένος PSI10.1180.48

(ii A.D.). (Hence σμή-χω, cf. ψάω ψήχω, νάω νήχω):—wipe or cleanse with soap or unguent ([etym.] σμῆμα)

, ἀποπλύματι τὰς τρίχας D.S.5.28

: metaph., σμήσας τε λεπτοῖς ἁλσί (sc. τὴν σηπίαν) Alex. l.c.:—[voice] Act. mostly found in compds. δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-σμάω:—more freq. in [voice] Med.,

σμησάμενοι τὰς κεφαλάς Hdt.4.73

, cf. 9.110;

λιπαρὸν σμασαμένα πλόκαμον Call.

l.c.: abs.,

κατέλιπον αὐτὴν σμωμένην ἐν τῇ πυέλῳ Ar.Fr.360

, cf. Antiph. l.c.—σμῆσαι and σμῆμα are said by Phryn. (228) to be more [dialect] Att. than σμῆξαι, σμῆγμα; but Moer. (p.336 P.) cites ῥύπτομαι, ῥύμμα as the true [dialect] Att. words.

II wipe, wipe clean,

τὴν κάρδοπον Luc.Lex.3

.