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|Definition=fut. Med. -[[ήσομαι]] ([[ἀνα]]-) <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>8.15.4</span>: aor. [[ἐλιχμησάμην]] ap.<span class="bibl">D.L.8.91</span>:—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[play with the tongue]], of snakes, in Ep. part., αἰνὸν λιχμώωντες <span class="bibl">Q.S.5.40</span>: in irreg. pf. part., γλώσσῃσι λελιχμότες <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>826</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">ἑκατὸν… κεφαλαὶ κολάκων… ἐλιχμῶντο περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν</b> [[played like serpents]] round... <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1033</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>756</span> ([[ἐλιχνῶντο]] v.l. in Sch., Hsch.), cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Euph.51.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> trans., [[lick]], ὄφεσι… λιχμῶσιν γένυν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>698</span>:—Med., D.L. l. c., <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Hisp.</span>96</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mith.</span>38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med., also, [[lick up]], λιχμώμενος ἔρσην <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>569</span>; used by Hom. only in the compd. [[ἀπολιχμάομαι]].</span>