περικνύω

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νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this

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Full diacritics: περικνύω Medium diacritics: περικνύω Low diacritics: περικνύω Capitals: ΠΕΡΙΚΝΥΩ
Transliteration A: periknýō Transliteration B: periknyō Transliteration C: periknyo Beta Code: periknu/w

English (LSJ)

[ῡ],

   A scratch or rub all round, Phot.

German (Pape)

[Seite 580] von allen Seiten kratzen, Phot., = περιξύω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

περικνύω: [ῡ], περιξύω, Φώτ.

Greek Monolingual

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(κατά τον Φώτ.) ξύνω ή γρατσουνίζω κάτι από όλες τις πλευρές.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < περι- + κνύω «χτυπώ ελαφρά σαν να ξύνω»].