προμύσσω
προμύσσω, Att.
προμῠ/-ττω,
3). λύχνον ἑαυτὸν προμύσσουτα a lamp which
trims itself,
pushes out its own
wick, dub. cj. for
προσμύσσοντα in
Hero Spir. 1.34 .
ShortDef
snuff
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Headword (normalized):
προμύσσω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
προμυσσω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-88061
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">προμύσσω</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">προμῠ/-ττω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">snuff</span> a lamp, <span class="quote greek">τὸν λύχνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:249" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:249/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 249 </a> (prob. for <span class="foreign greek">πρόβυσον,</span> cf. Sch.ad loc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.72 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:6:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:6.103/canonical-url/"> 6.103 </a>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.798b </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">extort money from,</span> <span class="itype greek">τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg051.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg051.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Praec.</span> 4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">λύχνον ἑαυτὸν προμύσσουτα</span> a lamp which <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trims</span> itself, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pushes out</span> its own <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wick,</span> dub. cj. for <span class="foreign greek">προσμύσσοντα</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg001:1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg001:1.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Spir.</span> 1.34 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}