ἀμάω,
__Bmostly Epic dialect in middle, draw, gather (compare ἐξ-, ἐπ-, καταμάομαι), ταλάροισιν ἀμησάμενοι [γάλα][[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.247, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.859; ἀλλότριον κάματον σφετέρην ἐς γαστέρ᾽ ἀμῶνται 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 599; ἀμήσατο γαῖαν ἀμφ᾽ αὐτοῖς 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1305: _metaphorically_, ἀρετήν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 5.169b:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —active, χερσὶν ἀμήσας κρατὸς ὕπερθε κόνιν, of a mourner, pouring dust on his head, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.241 (Antip.).] Refs]—poetical and later Prose. (Cl. Lithuanian sémti 'draw (water)'.)