διακναίω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[scrape]] or [[grate away]], <b class="b3">ὄψιν δ</b>. [[gouge out]] his eye, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span> 487</span> (lyr.):—Pass., [[to be lacerated]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.120</span>; <b class="b3">διακναιομένης κάμακος</b> the spear [[being shivered]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>65</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[wear out]], [[wear away]], ἡ ἀσιτίη δ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>1.13</span>; πόθος μ' ἔχει διακναίσας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>957</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>27</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Heracl.</span>296</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">δ. Ὀρέστην</b> [[murder]] Orestes (i.e. the character, by bad acting), <span class="bibl">Stratt.1</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be worn quite away, destroyed</b>, <b class="b3">αἰκίαις, μόχθοις</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>94</span>,<span class="bibl">541</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>164</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>109</span> (lyr.); πόλις διακναισθήσεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>251</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ χρῶμα διακεκναισμένος</b> <b class="b2">with all one's</b> colour [[scraped off]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>120</span>.</span>