ἐπικνίζω
From LSJ
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
A scratch the surface, Thphr.HP4.2.1, CP5.2.4 (Pass.); of the plough, AP6.238 (Apollonid.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 951] auf der Oberfläche ritzen, aufritzen, Theophr.; χέρσον ἀρότρῳ Apollnds. 5 (VI, 238).