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κενόπρησις

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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.
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Transliteration A: kenóprēsis Transliteration B: kenoprēsis Transliteration C: kenoprisis Beta Code: keno/prhsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, flatulence, Hippiatr.46.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κενόπρησις: -εως, (πίμπρημι) ἡ, πρήξιμον, ἀσθένεια ἵππων, «ὅτανἵππος ἦ κατακρατούμενος ὑπὸ ξηρᾶς τροφῆς, ἥτις αὐτὸν καταβλάπτει καὶ δύσπνοιαν ποιεῖ καὶ πίμπρησι τὰς λαγόνας» Ἱππιατρ. 150, 151.

Greek Monolingual

κενόπρησις, ἡ (Α)
ασθένεια τών αλόγων που σύμπτωμά της είναι το πρήξιμο τών λαγόνων («ὅτανἵππος ἦ κατακρατούμένος ὑπὸ ξηρᾱς τροφῆς, ἥτις αὐτὸν καταβλάπτει καὶ δύσπνοιαν ποιεῖ καὶ πίμπρησι τὰς λαγόνας», Ιπποκρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κεν(ο)- + πρῆσις «οἴδημα, φλεγμονή» (< πίμπρημι «φυσώ»)].