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|Definition=fut. κνίσω [ῐ] Ar.''Ra.''1198: aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔκνῐσα Pi.''P.''8.32, Herod.4.59, etc.; Dor. [[ἔκνιξα]] Pi.''I.''6(5).50:—Pass., aor. ἐκνίσθην [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]'' 209, Theoc.4.59: [[scratch]], [[gash]], <b class="b3">παῖδα… γυμνὸν ἢν κνίσω… οὐχ ἕλκος ἕξει</b>; Herod.l.c.; <b class="b3">κνίζων συκάμινα</b> (to make them ripen) [[LXX]] ''Am.''7.14, cf. Ath.2.51b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[pound]], [[chop up]], or [[grate]], dub. in [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 9.20.4 (fort. [[κνησθεῖσα]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[tickle]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''587b7 (Pass.), Phld. ''Lib.''p.58 O. (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> usually metaph., of love, [[chafe]], [[tease]], τὸν Ἀρίστωνα ἔκνιζε τῆς γυναικὸς ταύτης ἔρως [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.62, cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 568; κἠγὼ μὰν κνίζω τινά Theoc.5.122; of other feelings, as satiety, κόρος κνίζει Pi.''P.''l.c.; anxiety, Ξέρξην ἔκνιζε ἡ γνώμη [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.12; <b class="b3">τὰ σμικρὰ οὐδέν μιν κνίζει</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸν θεόν</b>) ib.10.<b class="b3">έ; ἔκνιζέ μ' αἰεὶ τοῦθ</b>' [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''786; τὸ βούλεσθαί μ' ἔκνιζε E.''IA''330 (troch.); [[provoke]], [[tease]], Ar.''V.''1286; <b class="b3">οὐ κατ' ἔπος κνίσω τὸ ῥῆμ' ἕκαστον</b> [[will]] not [[attack]] every word, Id.''Ra.''l.c.; [[provoke to jealousy]], Alciphr.1.32; in good sense, ἁδεῖά νιν ἔκνιξε χάρις Pi.''I.''6(5).50:—Pass., [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 555, ''Andr.''l.c.; ἐρωτίδα τᾶς ποκ' ἐκνίσθη Theoc.4.59, cf. Luc.''DMeretr.''10.4; κνιζόμενος ὑπ' ἔρωτος ἐπὶ τῇ παιδί App.''Pun.''10; [[ἐκνίσθης]]; [[does that touch you]]? Men.''Per.'' 16.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[provoke]], ὀργὰν κνίζον αἰπεινοὶ λόγοι Pi.''N.''5.32, cf. ''P.''11.23.