Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *neyk-. Cognates include Lithuanian niekoti, Latvian niekāt, and Welsh nithio.

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Verb edit

λικμάω (likmáō)

  1. to winnow
  2. to scatter, crush, destroy

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