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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σμήχω (smḗkhō, “to wipe, soap off”) + -μα (-ma).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zmɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈzmiɣ.ma/ → /ˈzmiɣ.ma/
Noun
σμῆγμᾰ • (smêgma) n (genitive σμήγμᾰτος); third declension
- soap
- unguent
Declension
Descendants
References
Further reading
- σμῆγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “σμῆγμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “σμῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press