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Part of speech: verb
Related lemmas: ἐκμάσσω
Semantic entry: 23.40
Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States
Subdomains: Processes Involving the Mouth, Other Than Eating and Drinking
Definition: to bite with the teeth
Notes: In some languages it is important to distinguish clearly between three different kinds of biting: the biting of food, the biting of one’s own lips or tongue, and the biting of a person in a fight or quarrel.