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.
λικμάω , contr. [λικμός ] fut. λικμήσω ‖ aor. ἐλίκμησα ‖ pf. ptc. mid. pass. λελικμημένος ‖ aor. pass. ἐλικμήθην ‖ fut. pass. λικμηθήσομαι IoDam. (PG 96.369.14)
❶ act. to winnow, thresh Il. 5.500 Orph. fr. 268 Xen. Oec. 18.6; λικμῆσαι πρὸς ἄνεμον to thresh in the wind Long. 3.29.2 ‖ fig. to scatter, throw away VT Wis. 5.23, al. etc. ‖ to crush, destroy VT Dan. (Th.) 2.44 NT Luke 20.18
❷ mid. to breathe, exhale:θῆρας … βρόμον λικμωμένους καπνοῦ beasts belching forth a thick pall of smoke VT Wis. 11.18
❸ pass. to be winnowed, threshed VT Is. 30.24; λικμωμένοις during the threshing Plut. QConv. 701c; κριθία … οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ λελικμημένα newly winnowed barley Long. 3.30.3 ‖ fig. to be dispersed, crushed VT Wis. 11.20.
❶ act. to winnow, thresh Il. 5.500 Orph. fr. 268 Xen. Oec. 18.6; λικμῆσαι πρὸς ἄνεμον to thresh in the wind Long. 3.29.2 ‖ fig. to scatter, throw away VT Wis. 5.23, al. etc. ‖ to crush, destroy VT Dan. (Th.) 2.44 NT Luke 20.18
❷ mid. to breathe, exhale:
❸ pass. to be winnowed, threshed VT Is. 30.24; λικμωμένοις during the threshing Plut. QConv. 701c; κριθία … οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ λελικμημένα newly winnowed barley Long. 3.30.3 ‖ fig. to be dispersed, crushed VT Wis. 11.20.
λικμάω-ῶ (f. ήσω, ao. ἐλίκμησα, pf. inus. ; pass. ao. ἐλικμήθην, pf. λελίκμημαι) vanner, Il. 5, 500 ; Xén. Œc. 18, 6 ; au pass. Plut. M. 701e ; fig. Spt. Job 27, 21 ; NT. Matth. 21, 44, etc.
Étym. R. indo-europ. *neik-, agiter des céréales pour les vanner ; cf. λίκνον, p. dissimil. pour *νίκνον.
λικμάω, mit der Worfschaufel, λικμός, das Getreide von der Spreu reinigen, worfeln, ὡς δʼ ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέει ἱερὰς κατʼ ἀλωὰς ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων Il. 5.500 ; καθαροῦμεν τὸν σῖτον λικμῶντες Xen. Oec. 18.6 ; καρπὸν ἀπʼ ἀσταχύων Bacchyl. 20 (VI.53); Plut. u. a.Sp.
λικμάω
To winnow grain, etc., by throwing it against the wind Il. 5.500.
Strong 3039
1. in cl., to winnow (so Ru 3:2).
2. In LXX (III Ki 14:15, Is 17:13, Je 38 (31):10, Da 2:44), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Lk 20:18 (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg.
λικμάω (λικμός), part. gen. plur. λικμώντων: winnow, Il. 5.500†.
λικμάω,
λικμός
- to part the grain from the chaff, to winnow, Il., Xen.:— metaph. to scatter like chaff, NTest.