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σίζω
σίζω .σίζω, only in pres. and imperf. to hiss, of hot metal plunged into water, to which is compared the hissing of the Cyclopsʼ eye when the burnt stake was thrust into it, Od.; so, of a pot boiling, Ar.; of fish frying, Ar. Formed from the sound.

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to hiss

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σίζω .σίζω, only in pres. and imperf. to hiss, of hot metal plunged into water, to which is compared the hissing of the Cyclopsʼ eye when the burnt stake was thrust into it, Od.; so, of a pot boiling, Ar.; of fish frying, Ar. Formed from the sound.
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29501
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29536
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si/zw

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