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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[backbone]] (A.R. 4, 1403 <b class="b3">ἐπ</b>' <b class="b3">ἄκνηστιν</b>); name of a plant Nic. Th. 52.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]<br />Etymology: It is supposed that <b class="b3">κατ</b>' <b class="b3">ἄκνηστιν</b> stands for older <b class="b3">κατὰ κνῆστιν</b> [[rasp]] (κ 161), Wackernagel Glotta 2, 1, Fraenkel Glotta 4, 42, Leumann Hom. Wörter 49; on <b class="b3">κνῆστις</b> s. s.v. [[-κναίω]]. - DELG suggests that the word was created earlier, with prothetic <b class="b3">ἀ-</b>, which is impossible (does this proposal imply doubt about the traditional interpretation?).
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[backbone]] (A.R. 4, 1403 <b class="b3">ἐπ</b>' <b class="b3">ἄκνηστιν</b>); name of a plant Nic. Th. 52.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]<br />Etymology: It is supposed that <b class="b3">κατ</b>' <b class="b3">ἄκνηστιν</b> stands for older <b class="b3">κατὰ κνῆστιν</b> [[rasp]] (κ 161), Wackernagel Glotta 2, 1, Fraenkel Glotta 4, 42, Leumann Hom. Wörter 49; on <b class="b3">κνῆστις</b> s. s.v. [[-κναίω]]. - DELG suggests that the word was created earlier, with prothetic <b class="b3">ἀ-</b>, which is impossible (does this proposal imply doubt about the traditional interpretation?).
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|mdlsjtxt=the [[spine]] or [[backbone]], Od.
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English (LSJ)

ιος, ἡ,

   A spine or backbone of animals, Od.10.161 (nisi leg. κατὰ κνῆστιν), A.R.4.1403; also τὸ μέσον τῆς ὀσφύος Poll.2.179.    II stinging-nettle, = ἀκαλήφη, Nic.Th.52 (other expl. ap. Sch. ad loc.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 75] εως, ἡ (vgl. ἄκανος, ἄκανθα), 1) Rückgrat von Thieren, Hom. Od. 10, 161 κατ' ἄκνηστιν μέσα νῶτα (ἅπαξ εἰρημ.); Scholl. ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐπεξηγεῖται τί ἐστιν ἄκνηστις διὰ τοῦ εἰπεῖν μέσα νῶτα (aus Aristonic.); – Ap. Rh. 4, 1402. – 2) Pflanze, Nic. Th. 52.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἄκνηστις: -ιος, ἡ, (ἄκανος), ἡ σπονδυλικὴ στήλη τῶν ζῴων, Ὀδ. Κ. 161. ΙΙ. εἶδος φυτοῦ, Νικ. Θ. 52.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ιος (ἡ) :
échine d’un animal.
Étymologie: DELG κνῆστις.

English (Autenrieth)

backbone, Od. 10.161†.

Spanish (DGE)

-ιος, ἡ
1 espinazo, Od.10.161, A.R.4.1403, Poll.2.179
ijada ἡ δὲ ἰξὺς λέγεται καὶ ἄ. Sch.Arat.28 (cf. κνῆστις).
2 bot. ortiga mayor, Urtica dioica L., Nic.Th.52 (cf. ἀκνίδη, κνίδη).

Greek Monolingual

ἄκνηστις (ιος), η (Α)
η σπονδυλική στήλη τών ζώων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ο τ. οφείλεται σε κακό χωρισμό της λέξεως από τη συνεκφορά της στη φρ. κατά κνῆστιν > κατἄκνηστιν
δηλ. ο ορθός τ. της λ. είναι κνῆστις «μαχαίρι για το τρίψιμο του τυριού, ξύστρα». Δεν αποκλείεται όμως η λ. ἄκνηστις (με - προθετικό) να πλάστηκε για να γίνεται διάκριση τών δύο λ. στην ομηρική γλώσσα].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἄκνηστις: ιος ἡ позвоночный столб, хребет Hom.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: backbone (A.R. 4, 1403 ἐπ' ἄκνηστιν); name of a plant Nic. Th. 52.
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]
Etymology: It is supposed that κατ' ἄκνηστιν stands for older κατὰ κνῆστιν rasp (κ 161), Wackernagel Glotta 2, 1, Fraenkel Glotta 4, 42, Leumann Hom. Wörter 49; on κνῆστις s. s.v. -κναίω. - DELG suggests that the word was created earlier, with prothetic ἀ-, which is impossible (does this proposal imply doubt about the traditional interpretation?).

Middle Liddell

the spine or backbone, Od.