Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόκνισος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόκνισος φιλόκνισον

Structure: φιλοκνις (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kni/zw

Sense

  1. fond of pinching, prurient

Examples

  • οὕτωσ ἡ φύσισ ἐστὶ φιλόκνισοσ, ἀλλοτριόχρωσ, καὶ ζητεῖ διόλου τὴν ξενοκυσθαπάτην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 72)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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