κνήθω
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English (LSJ)
later form of κνάω,
A scratch, ὡς λέγεται, κνήθειν οἶδεν ὄνος τὸν ὄνον AP12.238.8 (Strat.), cf. Moer.p.234 P.:—Med., κνήθεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας τὰ ἕλκη to get one's sores scratched, Arist.HA609a32. 2 Pass., itch, Paul. Aeg.6.60; κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν 2 Ep.Ti.4.3; to be provoked, Arist. Pr.957b15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1460] nach Moeris hellenistisch für κνάω, kratzen; τὸν ὄνον κνήθεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας τὰ ἕλκη, sich reiben, Arist. H. A. 9, 1. – Ein Jucken, Brennen verursachen, u. pass. ein Jucken empfinden, II. Timoth. 4, 3; – übh. reizen, Arist. probl. 31, 4; bes. zu Liebe, Groll u. dgl., ὄνος ὄνον κνήθει Strat. 77 (XII, 238).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κνήθω: μέλλ. κνήσω, (κνάω) μεταγεν. τύπος τοῦ κνάω, ξύω, «ξυῶ», Μοῖρις 234· ― Μέσ., τὸν ὄνον κνήθεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας τὰ ἕλκη Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 1, 18. ΙΙ. γαργαλίζω, τὰς ἀκοὰς Κλήμ. Ἀλεξ. 328. ― Παθ., γαργαλίζομαι, αἰσθάνομαι κνησμόν, κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοὴν 2 Ἐπιστ. π. Τιμ. δ΄, 3· παροξύνομαι, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 31. 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1 gratter ; irriter;
2 chatouiller.
Étymologie: cf. κνάω.
English (Strong)
from a primary knao (to scrape); to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to tickle: X itching.
English (Thayer)
present passive κνήθομαι; (from κνάω, infinitive κναν and Attic κνην); to scratch, tickle, make to itch; passive to itch: κνηθόμενοι τήν ἀκοήν (on the accusative cf. Winer s Grammar, § 32,5), i. e. desirous of hearing something pleasant (Hesychius, κνήθειν τήν ἀκοήν. ζητοῦντες τί ἀκοῦσαι, καθ' ἡδονήν), τόν ὄνον κνήθεσθαι εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας τά ἕλκη, its sores, Aristotle, h. a. 9,1, p. 609a, 32; κνην Ἀττικοι, κνήθειν Ἕλληνες, Moeris, p. 234; (cf. Veitch, under the word κνάω).)
