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ἐκμιαίνω

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Transliteration A: ekmiaínō Transliteration B: ekmiainō Transliteration C: ekmiaino Beta Code: e)kmiai/nw

English (LSJ)

   A pollute thoroughly, defile, Opp.H.4.663 :—Pass., ejaculate semen, Hp.Superf.31, Ar.Ra.753, LXXLe.18.20.

German (Pape)

[Seite 769] ganz beflecken, verunreinigen, Opp. Hal. 4, 663. – Med. bei Ar. Ran. 753 wird τὸ ἀποσπερματίζειν erkl., von der Selbstbefleckung.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐκμῐαίνω: καταμιαίνω, καταμολύνω, Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 4. 663: ― Παθ. effluxu seminis pollui, ἀποσπερματίζω, χύνω τὸ σπέρμα μου, Ἱππ. 265. 14, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 913, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 753.