κνίδη: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">nettle, sea-nettle</b> (Hp., Arist., Theoc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κνίδειος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to κνίδη</b> (Theognost.); <b class="b3">κνιδᾶται</b> (<b class="b3">κνηδ-</b> cod.) <b class="b3">δάκνεται</b>, <b class="b3">ἴσως ἀπὸ τῆς πόας</b> and <b class="b3">κνιδῶντες</b> (<b class="b3">-δοντες</b> cod.) <b class="b3">κνίδῃ μαστιγοῦντες</b> H.; <b class="b3">κνιδώσεις</b> pl. <b class="b2">itching, caused by a nettle</b> (Hp.), as if from <b class="b3">*κνιδόω</b>; cf. the many formations in -(<b class="b3">ω)σις</b> in medic. and techn. S. Chantraine Formation 284ff.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: To <b class="b3">κνίζω</b> [[scratch]], [[sting]] (s. v.), but the <b class="b3">ι</b> is long. Cf. <b class="b3">κνῖσα</b>. - An agreeing form with short vowel is MIr. [[cned]] [[wound]], IE. <b class="b2">*knidā</b>.<br />See also: .

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