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ἀπαρύω

ἀπαρύω, to draw off, skim off

ἀπαρύω or ἀπαρ-ύτω [ῠ], fut. -ύσω,
  • draw off, τὸ ἐπιστάμενον ἀπαρύσαντες having skimmed off the cream, Hdt. 4.2, cf. D.S. 5.37.
      • 2 metaph., draw off, take off the force of a thing, χαλκῷ ἀπὸ ψυχὴν ἀρύσας Epic. ap. Arist. Po. 1457b14; exhaust, come to the end of, Plu. Cohib. 2.463c, etc.:—Med., c. gen., ὁ τῆς μνήμης τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπαρυτόμενος skimming the cream of memory, ib. Cons.ux. 610e:—Pass., aor. part., ἀπαρυθεὶς τὴν ἄνω . . ἄνοιαν ἐπιπολάζουσαν having it skimmed off the surface, Alex. 45.

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