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κνυζάομαι

α-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κνυζάομαι

Structure: κνυζά (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: knu=

Sense

  1. to whine, whimper

Examples

  • χἁ στιβὰσ ἐσσεῖται πεπυκασμένα ἕστ’ ἐπὶ πᾶχυν κνύζᾳ τ’ ἀσφοδέλῳ τε πολυγνάμπτῳ τε σελίνῳ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 34)
  • καὶ μὰν ἐσ Στομάλιμνον ἐλαύνεται ἔσ τε τὰ Φύσκω, καὶ ποτὶ τὸν Νήαιθον, ὅπᾳ καλὰ πάντα φύοντι, αἰγίπυροσ καὶ κνύζα καὶ εὐώδησ μελίτεια. (Theocritus, Idylls, 25)

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

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