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κνῆστις?

Third declension Noun; Transliteration: knēstis

Principal Part: κνῆστις κνῆστεως

Structure: κνηστι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: κνάω

Sense

  1. a knife for scraping

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κνῆστις κνήστει κνήστεις
Genitive κνήστεως κνήστοιν κνήστεων
Dative κνήστει κνήστοιν κνήστεσι(ν)
Accusative κνῆστιν κνήστει κνήστεις
Vocative κνῆστι κνήστει κνήστεις

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὼς Λαρισσαίως βουγάστορας ἑψητῆρας, καὶ χύτρως, καὶ τὰν εὐρυχαδῆ κύλικα, καὶ τὰν εὐχάλκωτον ἐύγναμπτόν τε κρεάγραν, καὶ κνῆστιν, καὶ τὰν ἐτνοδόνον τορύναν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3052)

Synonyms

  1. a knife for scraping

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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