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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[scrape away]] or [[grate away]], <b class="b3">ὄψιν δ.</b> [[gouge out]] his [[eye]], E.''Cyc.'' 487 (lyr.):—Pass., to [[be lacerated]], Hp.''Mul.''2.120; <b class="b3">διακναιομένης κάμακος</b> the [[spear]] being [[shiver]]ed, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''65 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[wear out]], [[wear away]], ἡ ἀσιτίη δ. Hp.''Morb.''1.13; πόθος μ' ἔχει διακναίσας Ar.''Ec.''957, cf.E.''IA''27 (lyr.), ''Heracl.''296 (lyr.); <b class="b3">δ. Ὀρέστην</b> [[murder]] [[Orestes]] (i.e. the character, by bad acting), Stratt.1:—Pass., to [[be worn quite away]], [[be destroyed]], αἰκίαις, μόχθοις, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''94,541 (lyr.), cf. [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 164 (lyr.), ''Alc.''109 (lyr.); πόλις διακναισθήσεται Ar.''Pax''251; <b class="b3">τὸ χρῶμα διακεκναισμένος</b> with all one's [[colour]] [[scrape]]d off, Id.''Nu.''120.