συνισχναίνω

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κορυδός ἐν ἀμούσοις φθέγγεται → a lark sings amid the songless | in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king | in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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Full diacritics: συνισχναίνω Medium diacritics: συνισχναίνω Low diacritics: συνισχναίνω Capitals: ΣΥΝΙΣΧΝΑΙΝΩ
Transliteration A: synischnaínō Transliteration B: synischnainō Transliteration C: synischnaino Beta Code: sunisxnai/nw

English (LSJ)

in Pass.,

   A shrivel up, Hp.Morb.Sacr.5, al.; to be contracted or made slim, Antyll. ap. Orib.6.10.6.    2 metaph., join with in reducing, ὁ νόμος αὐτὰ τῷ χρόνῳ ξυνισχνᾰνεῖ E.IA694 (v. ἰσχναίνω).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

συνισχναίνω: ὁμοῦ ἰσχναίνω, ἰσχνὸν ποιῶ. ― Παθητ., ἰσχναίνομαι, συστέλλομαι, ξηραίνομαι, Ἱππ. 306. 19· ― μεταφορ., ἀπὸ κοινοῦ ὀλιγοστεύω, σμικρύνω, συντελῶ εἰς περιστολήν, ὁ νόμος αὐτὰ τῷ χρόνῳ ξυνισχνανεῖ Εὐρ. Ι. Α. 694 (ἴδε ἐν λέξ. ἰσχναίνω).

French (Bailly abrégé)

amoindrir, diminuer, alléger.
Étymologie: σύν, ἰσχναίνω.