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κνυζάομαι?

α-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration: knyzaomai

Principal Part: κνυζάομαι

Structure: κνυζά (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: κνῦ

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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