περικνίζω
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
A scratch all round v.l. in Poll.9.113 : metaph., keep nibbling at a thing, D.H.9.32, Plu.2.10e: aor. Med. περικνίξασθε, of bees, AP9.226 (Zon.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 580] ringsum od. von allen Seiten kratzen, kneipen, Poll. 9, 113; bei Plut. ed. lib. 14 M. l. d.; περικνίξασθε, von den Vienen gesagt, Zon. 6 (IX, 226).
