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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_780.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_780.jpg}}]]'''v. trans.'''

<b class="b2">Pass lightly over</b>: V. ποτᾶσθαι [[ὑπέρ]] (gen.), νωτίζειν (acc.), ψαίρειν (acc.), ἐξακρίζειν (acc.); <b class="b2">fly.</b>

Met., <b class="b2">run through hurriedly</b>: P. ἐπιτρέχειν [[περί]] (gen.).

<b class="b2">Taste of</b>: P. and V. γεύεσθαι (gen.).

<b class="b2">Skim the cream of, pick out the best</b>, Met.: V. λωτίζεσθαι (acc.), ἀπολωτίζειν (acc.), ἀκροθινιάζεσθαι (acc.)

<b class="b2">They skim off the part of the milk which rises to the top and consider it more valuable</b> (<b class="b2">than the rest</b>): P. τὸ μὲν [[αὐτοῦ]] (τοῦ γάλακτος) ἐπιστάμενον ἀπαρύσαντες ἡγεῦνται εἶναι τιμιώτερον (Hdt. 4, 2).

<b class="b2">Skim through</b>: Ar. and V. διαπέτεσθαι (acc. or διά, gen.).

<b class="b2">Skim through the air</b>: Ar. διατρέχειν τὸν ἀέρα Av. 1409).

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Use P. τὸ ἐφιστάμενον (Hdt.).
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