Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κνυζάομαι

α-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κνυζάομαι

Structure: κνυζά (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: knu=

Sense

  1. to whine, whimper

Examples

  • ἐπανελθὼν δ’ ὁ Σκέδασοσ τὰσ μὲν κόρασ οὐχ ἑώρα, πάντα δὲ τὰ καταλειφθέντα εὑρίσκει σῷα καὶ τῷ πράγματι ἠπόρει, ἑώσ τῆσ κυνὸσ κνυζωμένησ καὶ πολλάκισ μὲν προστρεχούσησ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἀπὸ δ’ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὸ φρέαρ ἐπανιούσησ, εἴκασεν ὅπερ ἦν, καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων τὰ νεκρὰ οὕτωσ ἀνιμήσατο. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 3 5:1)

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

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