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|Full diacritics=κνῖσα
|Medium diacritics=κνῖσα
|Low diacritics=κνίσα
|Capitals=ΚΝΙΣΑ
|Transliteration A=knîsa
|Transliteration B=knisa
|Transliteration C=knisa
|Beta Code=kni=sa
|Definition=Ep.κνίση [<b class="b3">ῑ], ης, ἡ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">steam and odour of fat</b> which exhales from roasting meat, <b class="b2">smell</b> or <b class="b2">savour of a burnt sacrifice</b> (<b class="b3">ἡ λιπαροῦ θυμίασις</b>, opp. <b class="b3">λιγνύς</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>387b6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">388a5</span>); κνίση δ' οὐρανὸν ἷκεν ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ <span class="bibl">Il.1.317</span>; κνίσην δ' ἐκ πεδίου ἄνεμοι φέρον οὐρανὸν εἴσω <span class="bibl">8.549</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>193</span>, <span class="bibl">1517</span>: generally, <b class="b2">odour of savoury meat</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1045</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Alex.261.4</span>; αἱ ἐκ τῶν αἱμάτων καὶ σαρκῶν κ. <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Abst.</span>2.42</span>; of eructations, Xenocr. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.2.58.152</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">that which causes this smell, fat caul</b> (cf. <b class="b3">κνῖσα· ἐπίπλους</b>, <span class="title">AB</span>1095), in which the flesh of the victim was wrapped and burnt, μηρούς τ' ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν <span class="bibl">Il.1.460</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.18.45</span>, <span class="bibl">119</span>, etc.; κνίσῃ τε κῶλα συγκαλυπτά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>496</span>:—<b class="b3">κνίσσα, κνίσση</b> are incorrect forms, cf. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.901</span>, al.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1461.png Seite 1461]] ἡ, = [[κνίσσα]], w. m. s., nach Drac. p. 21, 4; κνίσα ist eine falsche Form.
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