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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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German (Pape)

[Seite 1464] (Naturlaut, s. κνυζέω u. κνύζω), knurren, winseln, bes. vom Hunde, der schmeichelnd knurrt, VLL.; med., σῶμά τ' ἀνικάτου θηρὸς ὃν ἐν πύλαισί φασι εὐνᾶσθαι κνυζᾶσθαί τε Soph. O. C. 1567, mit den v. l. κνυζεῖσθαι u. κνύζεσθαι; übertr., οὐδ' ὅσσον ἐν ὕπνῳ κνυζῶνται φωνεῦντα φίλαν ποτὶ ματέρα τέκνα Theocr. 2, 108, v. l. κνυζεῦνται; κνυζώμενοι Ael. H. A. 1, 8.