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ψάλλω
ψάλλω ψάω to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch, Aesch.; τόξου νευρὰν ψ. to twang the bow-string, Eur.; βέλος ἐκ κέραος ψ. to send a shaft twanging from the bow, Anth.; so, σχοῖνος μιλτοφυρὴς ψαλλομένη a carpenterʼs red line, which is twitched and then suddenly let go, so as to leave a mark, Anth. to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, not with the plectron, Hdt., Ar., Plat. later, to sing to a harp, sing, NTest.

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to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch

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ψάλλω
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ψάλλω
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ψαλλω
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ψάλλω ψάω to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch, Aesch.; τόξου νευρὰν ψ. to twang the bow-string, Eur.; βέλος ἐκ κέραος ψ. to send a shaft twanging from the bow, Anth.; so, σχοῖνος μιλτοφυρὴς ψαλλομένη a carpenterʼs red line, which is twitched and then suddenly let go, so as to leave a mark, Anth. to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, not with the plectron, Hdt., Ar., Plat. later, to sing to a harp, sing, NTest.
IDX:
36114
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n36155
Key:
ya/llw

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