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κνησμός

From LSJ

Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Transliteration A: knēsmós Transliteration B: knēsmos Transliteration C: knismos Beta Code: knhsmo/s

English (LSJ)

ὁ,
A = κνῆσις, itching, Hp.VM 16, Arist.HA578b3; ἡ ἀκαλήφη κ. ποιεῖ Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.3.90a; scratching, Plu.2.126b (pl.); in a pleasurable sense, titillation, Arist. GA723b34, Pr.878b7.
2 metaph., irritation, Plu.2.61a.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1460] ὁ, das Jucken, der Kitzel, Reiz; Hippocr.; κνησμὸν ποιεῖ ἡ ἀκαλήφη Diphil. bei Ath. III, 90 a; Arist. H. A. 6, 28; κνησμοῦ περὶ τὴν χεῖρα συμβάντος S. Emp. adv. math. 7, 232.

French (Bailly abrégé)

οῦ (ὁ) :
démangeaison, chatouillement ; fig. irritation.
Étymologie: κνάω.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

κνησμός -οῦ, ὁ [κνάω] jeuk.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κνησμός:
1 зуд Arst., Sext.;
2 раздражение, возбуждение Plut.

Greek Monolingual

ο (AM κνησμός) κνω
ενοχλητικός ερεθισμός του δέρματος ή τών βλεννογόνων, φαγούραἀκαλήφη... κνησμὸν ποιεῖ», Αθήν.)
αρχ.
1. αμυχή, γρατσούνισμα
2. ηδονικό ερέθισμα, γαργαλισμός
3. μτφ. ερεθισμός, διέγερση («ἅν δὲ πρὸς ἑταίραν... κνησμός τις ἐξ ὀργῆς καὶ ζηλοτυπίας ἐγγένηται», Πλούτ.).

Greek Monotonic

κνησμός: ὁ (κνάω), φαγούρα, ερεθισμός, σε Πλούτ.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κνησμός: ὁ, = κνῆσις, «φαγοῦρα», Ἱππ. π. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 15, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 6. 28, 3· προξενουμένη ὑπὸ τῆς ἀκαλήφης, κνίδης, Δίφιλ. Σίφν. παρ’ Ἀθην. 90Α· ἐπὶ ἡδονικοῦ κνησμοῦ, γαργαλισμός, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Γεν. 1. 18, 29, Προβλ. 4. 15, 1. 2) μεταφορ., ἐρεθισμός, διέγερσις, Πλούτ. 2. 61Α (ἔνθα ἴδε Wyttenb.)· ἐν τῷ πληθ., αὐτόθι 126Β, κτλ.

Middle Liddell

κνησμός, οῦ, κνάω
an itching, irritation, Plut.

Translations

itch

Albanian: kruarje; Arabic: حِكَّة‎; Egyptian Arabic: جرب‎; Moroccan Arabic: حكّة‎; Armenian: քոր; Assamese: খজুৱতি, খজুলি, খজুটি; Azerbaijani: qaşınmaq; Belarusian: свярбенне, сверб; Bikol Central: gatol; Bulgarian: сърбеж; Chinese Cantonese: 痕; Mandarin: 癢, 痒, 發癢, 发痒; Czech: svrbění, svědění; Dutch: jeuk; Esperanto: juko; Finnish: kutina, syyhy; French: démangeaison, prurit; Galician: proído, proício, prurito, comechón; Georgian: მუნი; German: Jucken, Juckreiz; Greek: φαγούρα, κνησμός; Ancient Greek: ἀδαγμός, ἀδαξησμός, ἀναξεσμός, δῆξις, δρίμυξις, κνηθμός, κνῆσις, κνησμονή, κνησμός, κνίδωσις, κνισμός, κυσοκνησία, ξυσμός, ὀδαγμός, ὀδαξησμός, ψώρα; Hebrew: גירוד‎, עקצוץ‎; Hungarian: viszketés; Ido: prurito; Ilocano: budo; Ilocano: budo; Italian: prurito; Japanese: かゆみ; Kashubian: svôrb; Kikuyu: mwĩthũa Korean: 가려움증; Latin: prurigo; Maori: toretiti, harehare, hakihaki, māngeongeo, torotiti, ngaoko; Marathi: खाज; Occitan: prusina, prusor, prusèsta; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: сврабъ; Old East Slavic: своробъ; Old English: giċċe; Oromo: cittoo; Plautdietsch: Gnauz; Polish: świąd, swędzenie, świerzbienie; Portuguese: coceira, comichão, prurido; Quechua: siqsi, sixi, şixi; Romanian: mâncărime; Russian: зуд, свербёж, зудение, свербение; Serbo-Croatian: svrab, свраб; Slovak: svrbenie; Spanish: picazón, escozor, picor, comezón, prurito; Swedish: klåda; Tagalog: kati; Telugu: దురద; Thai: ความคัน; Tocharian B: saiwe; Turkish: kaşıntı, kaşınma; Ukrainian: свербі́ж, сверблячка; Vietnamese: ngứa; Votic: süühü; Walloon: schôpe; Welsh: ysfa