*)anema/cato: pa/nta o(/sa e)/drasen a)nema/cato kai\ e)/tise th=| e(autou= kefalh=|. ou(/tws *ai)liano\s e)n tw=| *peri\ qei/wn e)nargei/wn.
The headword -- aorist middle, third person singular, of
a)nama/ssw -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
The LSJ entry on this verb (web address 1) notes, in relation to its earliest appearances (in
Homer and
Herodotus), the idea that murder left a stain of pollution which could be erased by wiping off the sword on the head of the slain victim. Later instances, probably including the present one, are figurative rather than literal.
[1]
Aelian fr. 21 Domingo-Forasté (21 Hercher); again at
alpha 2253.
David Whitehead (augmented note; cosmetics) on 2 November 2000@03:30:52.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 2 August 2002@08:31:30.
Catharine Roth (updated reference in note 2, added keywords) on 8 April 2011@00:40:13.
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