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κνίσμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κνίσμα κνίσματος

Structure: κνισματ (Stem)

Etym.: kni/zw

Sense

  1. scrapings
  2. scratches, quarrels

Declension

Third declension

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

  • κυκλώσασ δ’ οὐ τόξα, χερὸσ δ’ ἀκρώνυχα δισσόν, κνίσμα πυρὸσ θραύσασ, εἰσ μὲ λαθὼν ἔβαλεν ἐκ δὲ φλόγεσ πάντῃ μοι ἐπέδραμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 822)
  • ἔστω που προύνικα φιλήματα, καὶ τὰ πρὸ ἔργων παίγνια, πληκτισμοί, κνίσμα, φίλημα,^ λόγοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2092)
  • ταύτησ γὰρ δύνει κνίσμα καὶ ἐσ κραδίην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1572)

Synonyms

  1. scrapings

Related

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

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