ἄκνηστις
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
ιος, ἡ,
A spine or backbone of animals, Od.10.161 (nisi leg. κατὰ κνῆστιν), A.R.4.1403; also τὸ μέσον τῆς ὀσφύος Poll.2.179. II stinging-nettle, = ἀκαλήφη, Nic.Th.52 (other expl. ap. Sch. ad loc.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 75] εως, ἡ (vgl. ἄκανος, ἄκανθα), 1) Rückgrat von Thieren, Hom. Od. 10, 161 κατ' ἄκνηστιν μέσα νῶτα (ἅπαξ εἰρημ.); Scholl. ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐπεξηγεῖται τί ἐστιν ἄκνηστις διὰ τοῦ εἰπεῖν μέσα νῶτα (aus Aristonic.); – Ap. Rh. 4, 1402. – 2) Pflanze, Nic. Th. 52.
