ἐπικνίζω
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
A scratch the surface, Thphr.HP4.2.1, CP5.2.4 (Pass.); of the plough, AP6.238 (Apollonid.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 951] auf der Oberfläche ritzen, aufritzen, Theophr.; χέρσον ἀρότρῳ Apollnds. 5 (VI, 238).
French (Bailly abrégé)
gratter à la surface, écorcher.
Étymologie: ἐπί, κνίζω.
Greek Monolingual
ἐπικνίζω (Α)
1. ξύνω στην επιφάνεια
2. (για άροτρο) σχίζω
3. «ἐπικνίζεται
δάκνεται» (Λεξικό Σούδα).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + κνίζω «ξύνω»].
Greek Monotonic
ἐπικνίζω: μέλ. -σω, κόβω πάνω στην επιφάνεια, σε Ανθ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπικνίζω: скрести, скоблить, царапать (ἄροτρον ἐπικνίζον χέρσον Anth.).
Middle Liddell
fut. σω
to cut on the surface, Anth.
