ἀπολείχω,
lick off, ἕλκη, variant for{ἐπι-}, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.478, cf. Epic. in “Arch.Papyrus” 7.6, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.250a, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” “Oxy.” 221ii33;] Refs 8th c.BC+] lick clean, with genitive partitive, φόνου[[ NT.Luke.16.21.] NT]