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λικμάω

λικμάω, to part the grain from the chaff, to winnow

λικμ-άω, fut. -ήσω X. Oec. 18.8: aor. ἐλίκμησα B. Fr. 34:—
  • part the grain from the chaff, winnow, ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων Il. 5.500; σῖτον λ. X. Oec. 18.6; καρπὸν ἀπʼ ἀσταχύων B. l.c.: metaph., scatter like chaff, LXX Ez. 29.12; make away with, ib. Is. 30.22; crush, destroy, ἐλίκμησάν μου τὸ λάχανον BGU 146.8 (iii A.D.); ἐφʼ ὃν δʼ ἂν πέσῃ (sc. ὁ λίθος) λικμήσει αὐτόν Ev.Luc. 20.18.

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