wipe off
σμήχω, Hp. Acut. 65 ,impf.
A.
ἔσμηχον
Od. 6.226
:aor.
ἔσμηξα
Aret.
(v. infr.), Nonn. D. 25.331 , etc.:— Med. and Pass. , σμήχομαι
Hp. Acut.
l.c.:aor. ἐσμήχθην(δι-) Ar. Nu. 1237 : ἐσμηξάμην
Hp. Steril. 219
, Superf. 25 :pf. part.
ἐσμηγμένος
Dsc. 5.79
:—lengthd. form ofσμάω,wipe offby help of soap or unguent (cf.σμῆμα, σμῆγμα),wash off, ἐκ κεφαλῆς δ' ἔσμηχεν ἁλὸς χνόον
Od.
l.c.
2. clear offby help of lotions or salves,ἀχῶρας, λέπρας, Dsc. 1.33 , 2.9 , etc.
b. purge away, φλέγμα
Aret. CA 1.10
.
II. soapa person,washhimwith soaporunguent, Hp. Acut. l.c.;wipe clean, Lyc. 876 ; ἀσπίδα
Babr. 76.12
: prov.,Αἰθίοπα ς. 'washa blackamoor white', Luc. Ind. 28 , Zen. 1.46 , Diogenian. 1.45 :— Med. and Pass. ,wash oneselforget oneself washed with soaporunguent, Hp. Acut. l.c.;σμηξάσθω τὴν κεφαλήνId.Steril.l.c.,Superf.l.c.;σμηχομένα κρόταφον wiping herbrowclean,
AP 6.276 (Antip.); τοὺς ὀδόντας
Str. 3.4.16
; of hair, οὔρῳ κυνείῳ σμήχου
Archig.
ap. Gal. 12.443 .
