ἀμάω,
B) mostly
Epic dialect in
middle,
draw, gather (compare ἐξ, ἐπ, καταμάομαι), ταλάροισιν ἀμησάμενοι [γάλα][
Refs 8th c.BC+] —
active, χερσὶν ἀμήσας κρατὸς ὕπερθε κόνιν, of a mourner,
pouring dust on his head, [
Refs]—poetical and later Prose. (Cl. Lithuanian
sémti 'draw (water)'.)