ἐπικνίζω

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εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses

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Transliteration A: epiknízō Transliteration B: epiknizō Transliteration C: epiknizo Beta Code: e)pikni/zw

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»].