ἐπισμάω
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
A rub, smear something over a person, c.acc.pers.et rei, τί γὰρ οὗτος ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐπισμῇ τῶν κακῶν; Ar.Th.389, cf. Cratin.90: ἐπισμήχω is a less Att. form, Opp.C.1.501 (v.l. ἐπισμύχω).
German (Pape)
[Seite 980] (s. σμάω), darauf-, daranstreichen, -schmieren; übertr., τί γὰρ οὗτος ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐπισμῇ τῶν κακῶν; Ar. Th. 396, was hängt er uns nicht an?
