κνῆσαι

κνάω

Bis Acc.

aor imperat mid 2nd sg

κνάω

Bis Acc.

aor inf act

κνάω

Bis Acc.

aor imperat mid 2nd sg

κνάω

Bis Acc.

aor inf act

     κνᾶσαι

    дор. (= κνῆσαι) inf. aor. к κνάω См. κναω

σκύλλω, Ev.Marc.5.35, [tense] aor.

A

ἔσκῡλα Hdn.

(v. infr.):—[voice] Pass., v. infr.; [tense] aor.

ἐσκύλθην Eust.769.41

, 1516.57; also ἐσκύλην [ῠ] (v. infr.): [tense] pf. ἔσκυλμαι (v. infr.):—= τοῖς ὄνυξι σπᾶν, Hsch.; [tense] aor. inf. σκοῦλαι (perh. [dialect] Lacon.),= κνῆσαι, Id.:—[voice] Pass., σκύλλονται, of dead bodies torn by fish, A.Pers. 577 (lyr.);

ἔσκυλται.. κίκιννος

is dishevelled,

AP5.174

(Mel.); ἔσκυλται δὲ κόμη ib. 258 (Paul. Sil.).

2 maltreat, molest,

τοὺς ἐν [τοῖς ἱεροῖς] ἀποτεταγμένους Sammelb.6236.22

(i B.C.); ὃς δὲ ἂν σκύλῃ [ τὸ μνῆμα] IG14.1901 ([place name] Rome), cf. AP3.6 (Inscr. Cyzic.), CIG 3757 ([place name] Nicaea), 4077 ([place name] Ancyra):—[voice] Pass., UPZ107.8,16 (ii B.C.).

3 trouble, annoy,

τὴν ἀσθενοῦσαν Sor.2.11

;

σκύλας καὶ ὑβρίσας Hdn.7.3.4

;

σ. τὸν στρατόν Id.4.13.3

; τί σκύλλεις τὸν διδάσκαλον; Ev.Marc. l.c., cf. Ev.Luc.8.49; σκῦλον σεαυτὸν πρὸς ἡμᾶς φέρων.. τὴν ὕαλον bestir yourself (i.e. hurry) to us with.., PFay.134.2 (iv A.D.):—[voice] Pass. and [voice] Med., μὴ σκύλλου trouble not thyself, Ev.Luc.7.6; σκυλῆναι πρὸς Τιμόθεον take the trouble to go to T., POxy.123.10 (iii/iv A.D.); σκυλῆναι ἀνέξεται; will he trouble to come? Phoeb.Fig.p.44S.; σκῦλαι (imper. [voice] Med.) σεαυτὸν καὶ κτλ. PBaden 33.6 (ii A.D.);

ἐσκυλμένοι Ev.Matt.9.36

;

σκύλλεται καὶ καταπονεῖται Diog.Oen.1

.

II [voice] Med., σκύλαιο κάρη shave the patient's head, Nic.Al. 410.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: κνησμός H.

Other forms: Also S. Tr. 770 acc. to Phot. (codd. ὀδαγμός).

Derivatives: Cf. ἀδακτῶ κνήθομαι, ἀδαξῆσαι κνῆσαι, ἀδαχᾳ̃ κνᾳ̃, κνήθει κεφαλήν. ψηλαφᾳ̃ H.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] [287]

Etymology: The explanation through assimilation from ὀδα- is due to the desire to reduce everything to Indo-European or Greek. The ἀ- is too strong, while one would expect restoration or maintenance of ὀ- if it was original. Rather ἀδαχ- is original, and unexplained. There is no reason to connect `scratch' with `tooth'. See on ὀδάξ.

See also: ὀδάξ

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `scrape, scratch', only with prefix, δια-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, κατα-κναίω (Hp., Trag. in lyr., Att.);

Other forms: also as simplex, Att. inf. κνῆ-ν, κνῆ-σθαι, 1. a. 3. sg. pres. κνῶ, κνῃ̃, ipf. ἐπὶ... κνῆ (Λ 639), also κνᾶ-ν (Hdt.), κνᾶ-σθαι, κνᾳ̃ (hell.); further κνήθω, also with κατα-, ἐν-, ἐπι- a. o. (Arist., hell.). Non-pres. forms: 1. - κναῖσαι, - κναισθῆναι, - κναίσω, - κεκναισμένος (Ar., E. in lyr., Pl.,Theoc.); more usual (as simpl. a. comp.) 2. κνῆσαι, Dor. opt. midd. (Theoc.) κνάσαιο, κνησθῆναι, κνήσω, κέκνησμαι (IA.).

Derivatives: Action nouns: 1. κνῆσις `scratching, tickling' (Pl.) with κνησιάω `desire to tickle' (Ar., Pl.), also κνηστιάω `id.' (Gal., Jul.; after the verbs in - τιάω) and κνηθιάω `id.' (Hdn., EM; after κνήθω, cf. Schwyzer 732). 2. κνῆσμα (rarely κνῆμα) `id.' (Hp., X.); 3. κνησμονή `id.' (medic.; πῆμα: πημονή etc.); 4. κνησμός `id.' (Hp., Arist.) with κνησμώδης `affected with itching' (Hp., Arist., Str.). 5. κνηθμός `itching' (Nic.). - Agent nouns and instruments: 6. κνῆστις f. (from *κνήστης m.) `knife for scratching, cheese-grater' (Λ 640, Nic., Opp.), also `spine' (κ 161; cf. ἄκνηστις s.v.); diff. on κνῆστις z. B. Fraenkel Glotta 4, 41ff., Benveniste Noms d'agent 77; 7. κνηστήρ `scratching knife' (Nic.). 8. κνηστίς -ίδος f. `hollow hair-pin' (Plu.). 9. κνῆστρον `stinging plant, Daphne oleoides, θυμελαία' (Hp., Dsc.); κνηστρίον `scraper', ( Edict. Diocl.). - Adj. 10. κνηστικός `scratching, itching' (Sch.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Of the presents κναίειν, κνῆν, κνήθειν the last can be an innovation to κνῆ-σαι etc. after πλῆ-σαι: πλή-θ-ω, λῆ-σαι: λήθ-ω a. o. The pair κνῆν: κναίειν agrees with the semantically close ψῆν: ψαίειν. - One compares several words with initial IE. * k(e)n- but with different forms, which is not surprising in view of the emotional value of expressions for `scratch, grate'. With κνῆ-ν (prob. orig. athematic; Schwyzer 675f., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 297 a. 307) from IE. * knē- agree best in Baltic and Germanic Lith. kn(i)ó-tis `peek (oneself) off, get loose', OHG nuoen `make smooth by scratching, fit exactly' (with OHG hnuo `joint, groove' etc.) from IE. * knō-? (cf. κνώ-δ-αλον?), perh. * knā- as in Alb. krromë `scab, mange' form IE. *knā-mn̥ (Gr. κνῆμα is independent). Lat. cnāsonas however, acc. pl. `scratching nails' (Paul. Fest. 52) from hell. *κνά̄σων `scratcher' ( κνᾶσαι ὀλέσαι, λυπῆσαι H.); cf. Leumann Sprache 1, 207. - The - αι- in κναίω however has no direct counterpart (Lith. knaisýti is secondary to knìsti `scratch', s. κνίζω). Connecting κνῆ-ν and κναί-ειν to an old paradigma (* knē[i]-mi: knǝi-mé (Schwyzer 676; cf. Specht Ursprung 325; the last form is impossible since the laryngeal theory) is quite hypothetical. - Cf. κνίζω, κνύω, κνάπτω; κνώδαλον, κνήφη, κνέωρος and κόνις; s. Pok. 559ff., Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. knablỹs. - Strangely enough it has not been proposed that the words could well be Pre-Greek; the meaning makes this quite possible; the connections in Pok. 599 are far from convincing. Cf. also κναδάλλεται κνήθεται H., with which compare γνάφαλλον, γνόφαλον, which are clearly Pre-Greek (s.s.v. κνάπτω); is κναδ- a variant of κνηθ-? For κναδ- no PIE prefrom can be reconstructed (cf. on γνάθος). Note that Kuiper assumed that words with kn- in Germanic were prob. substrate, NOWELE 25 (1995) 68 a.70. The formation of κνήσων (and the Latin loan cnāsōn- cited above) seems non-IE; cf. DELG s.v. Also the formation of a verb in - αίω is unknown.

See also: - S. noch κνέωρος, κνήφη.

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