ἐξικμάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[ἰκμάς]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[send forth moisture]], [[cause to exude]], ἡ [[θερμότης]] ἐ. τὸ ὑ γρὸν ἐκ τοῦ γεώδους Arist.''GA''718b19; <b class="b3">τὸ σπέρμα</b> ib.727b24, cf. ''HA''583a11:—Pass., to [[be exuded]] or [[be evaporated]], Id.''Mete.''385b8, ''Sens.'' 443a14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> intr. in Act., = Pass., Id.''Mete.''384b9, ''Pr.''930b34.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[deprive of moisture]], [[suck dry]], Id.''HA''594a13; ἐ. τὴν ὑγρότητα [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''CP''4.8.4 (cod. Urb.):—Pass., ἐξικμασμένη [[τροφή]] = [[digested]] [[food]], Pl.''Ti.''33c, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''675b31; τὰ παλαιὰ σπέρματα ἐξίκμασται τὴν δύναυιν Id.''Pr.'' 924b30; [[lose all moisture]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 5.7.4, 7.5.1; of athletes, τοῦ περιττοῦ [[ἐξικμάζεσθαι]] Philostr.''Gym.''58.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''398, [[ἐξικμάζω]] seems to be corrupt (perhaps for [[ἐξιχμάζω]]).