A.sleep, Ep. Verb, only pres., “τί πάννυχον ὕπνον ἀωτεῖς;” Il.10.159; “μηκέτι νῦν εὕδοντες ἀωτεῖτε γλυκὺν ὕπνον” Od.10.548: abs., Simon.37.5:—in Hsch., ἀωτεύειν: ἀπανθίζεσθαι (also ἀωτεῖτε: ἀπανθίζετε τὸν ὕπνον), but expld. by ὑφαίνειν, AB476, cf. Suid. s.v.ἀωτεμεῖν (sic); perh. to be read (in signf. sleep) in B.8.13 for ἀσαγεύω.
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