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καταψάω

καταψάω, to stroke with the hand, to stroke, caress

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καταψῶντες present active participle masculine nominative plural, present active participle masculine vocative plural of καταψάω

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καταψάω,
  • stroke, caress, καταψῶσα τοῦ παιδίου τὴν κεφαλήν Hdt. 6.61; καταψῶν αὐτὸν [τὸν κάνθαρον] ὥσπερ πωλίον Ar. Pax 75, cf. X. Ap. 28; τὸ φαλακρόν Herod. 6.76:—Pass., Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.411; to be stroked the right way, Sch.Gen. Il. 21.474.
      • 2 metaph., smooth down, Plb. 2.13.6, 10.18.3; cajole, wheedle, BGU 1011.13 (ii B.C.).
      • 3 scrape down, τοὺς τοίχους IG ΙΙ(2).199A 48 (Delos, iii B.C.); rub down, ἅτερος τὸν ἕτερον Luc. Anach. 1.

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