υποκνίζω

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ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ εἷς τέκτων ὀχυρὰν οὕτως ἐποίησεν θύραν, δι᾽ἧς γαλῆ καὶ μοιχὸς οὐκ εἰσέρχεται → but no carpenter ever made a door so secure that a weasel or a womanizer could not pass through it

Source

Greek Monolingual

ΜΑ
μτφ. διεγείρω, ερεθίζω λίγο («ἑτέροις ἑτέρων ἔρως ὑπέκνισε φρένας», Πίνδ.)
αρχ.
1. ξύνω λίγο
2. αισθάνομαι κρυφό γαργάλημα, κρυφό ερεθισμό («ἡμεῑς δὲ ἤδη ὧν ἐθεασάμεθα, ἐπιθυμοῡμεν ἅψασθαι, καὶ ἄπιμεν ὑποκνιζόμενοι, καὶ ἀπελθόντες ποθήσομεν», Ξεν.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο)- + κνίζω «ξύνω, ερεθίζω, ενοχλώ»].