ἀπολείχω
δειναὶ δ' ἅμ' ἕπονται κῆρες ἀναπλάκητοι → and after him come dread spirits of death that never miss their mark
English (LSJ)
A lick off, ἕλκη, v.l. for ἐπι-, A.R.4.478, cf. Epic. in Arch.Pap.7.6, Ath.6.250a, Sch.Il.Oxy.221ii33; lick clean, c. gen. partit., φόνου Ev.Luc.16.21.
German (Pape)
[Seite 311] ablecken, Ath. VI, 250 a.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπολείχω: λείχων ἀφαιρῶ ἔκ τινος, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Δ. 478· λείχω, λείχων καθαρίζω τι, οἱ κύνες ἀπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ Εὐαγγ. Λουκ. ις΄, 21.
French (Bailly abrégé)
essuyer en léchant.
Étymologie: ἀπό, λείχω.
Spanish (DGE)
lamer c. ac. τὸν σίαλον Ath.250a, cf. Sch.Er.Il.21.123 (p.85)
•c. gen. τρὶς δ' ἀπέλειξε φόνου tres veces lamió la sangre A.R.4.478.
English (Strong)
from ἀπό and leicho (to "lick"); to lick clean: lick.
English (Thayer)
(imperfect ἀπέλειχον); to lick off, lick up: R G; cf. ἐπιλείχω. (Apollonius Rhodius, 4,478); Athen. vi. c. 13, p. 250a.)