ἐλίκμησα

λικμάω

part the grain from the chaff: aor ind act 1st sg (attic ionic)

λικμάω

part the grain from the chaff: aor ind act 1st sg (attic ionic)

λικμ-άω, [tense] fut. - ήσω X.Oec.18.8: [tense] aor.

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ἐλίκμησα B.Fr.34

:— part the grain from the chaff, winnow,

ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων Il.5.500

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σῖτον λ. X.Oec.18.6

; καρπὸν ἀπ' 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 BGU146.8

(iii A.D.); ἐφ' ὃν δ' ἂν πέσῃ (sc. ὁ λίθος)

λικμήσει αὐτόν Ev.Luc.20.18

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λικμάω fut. λικμήσω; aor. ἐλίκμησα LXX. Pass.: aor. ptc. n. λικμηθέντες Wsd 11:20; pf. ptc. n. λελικμημένα Is 30:24 (in the sense ‘winnow’ Hom. et al.; PSI 522, 2 [248/247 B.C.]; BGU 1040, 11; LXX; Philo, De Jos. 112; Jos., Ant. 5, 328); in our lit. only Mt 21:44=Lk 20:18 ἐφʼ ὸ̔ν δʼ ἂν πέσῃ (i.e. ὁ λίθος, q.v., end), λικμήσει αὐτόν, where the Sin. and Cur. Syriac and Vulgate take it to mean crush (for this mng. cp. schol. on Nicander, Ther. 114 [beside τοὺς στάχυας τρίβω]; Da 2:44 Theod. and BGU 146, 8, the latter a complaint against those who ἐλίκμησάν μου τὸ λάχανον ‘stamped on, destroyed my vegetables’ [Dssm., NB 52f; BS 225f], and s. Boll 130, 1).—DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq.