κατακνίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[chop up]], [[mince]], τι εἰς λεπτά <span class="bibl">Ath.9.376d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[pick to pieces]], λόγους <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.17</span>; τὰ τοῦ Ὁμήρου κ. λεπτά <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Hes.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[scratch]], [[irritate]], [[stimulate]] the scalp, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.420:—Pass., v.l. in Dsc.2.123; to [[be prurient]], ἐγὼ δὲ κατακέκνισμαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>973</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[cut grooves in]], [[score]], ξύλα καὶ λίθους τραχύνουσι -ζοντες <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[scarify]], [[let blood from]], <b class="b3">-κνίσω</b> (prob. for <b class="b3">-κνήσω</b>) σου τὸν πόδα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ocyp.</span>91</span>:—Pass., -κνισθεὶς τὸ σκέλος <span class="bibl">Orib.7.20.8</span> (= Gal.19.524, where <b class="b3">-κνήσας</b>).</span>