κνώσσω
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
English (LSJ)
A slumber, Od.4.809, Simon.37.6, Pi.O.13.71, P.1.8, Theoc. 21.65, AP5.293.11 (Agath.), etc.: prov., Λάτμιον κνώσσεις 'you sleep like a top', Herod.8.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1464] schlafen, schlummern; Od. 4, 809; Pind. P. 13, 68; auch κνώσσων εὕδει, 1, 8; sp. D., Nic. Al. 457, Antiphil. 42 (IX, 242), Rhian. 2 (XII, 38), öfter in der Anth.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κνώσσω: ὑπνώττω, κοιμῶμαι, Ὀδ. Δ. 809, Σιμων. 44. 6, Πινδ. Ο. 13. 100, Π. 1. 15, Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 294, 11, κτλ.· ― οὐδαμοῦ παρ’ Ἀττ. ποιηταῖς.
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés.
dormir.
Étymologie: DELG aucune étym. en vue.
English (Autenrieth)
slumber, Od. 4.809†.
English (Slater)
κνώσσω
1 slumber κνώσσοντί οἱ παρθένος τόσα εἰπεῖν ἔδοξεν (O. 13.71) ὁ δὲ (sc. αἰετός) κνώσσων ὑγρὸν νῶτον αἰωρεῖ (P. 1.8)
