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            "lemma": "κνάω",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>κνάω-ῶ<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾱ]<\/font> (<i>inf<\/i>. κνᾶν, <i>att<\/i>. κνῆν, <i>f<\/i>. κνήσω, <i>ao<\/i>. ἔκνησα, <i>pf. inus<\/i>.) :<br\/><b>      1<\/b> gratter pour nettoyer, <i>avec l’acc. de la chose qu’on nettoie :<\/i> τυρόν, IL. <i>11, 639,<\/i> gratter un fromage ; <i>ou de la chose qu’on enlève en grattant :<\/i> κηρόν, HDT. <i>7, 239,<\/i> gratter de la cire ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> gratter une démangeaison, HPC. <i>765<\/i> f ; ARSTT. <i>Probl. 35, 8, 1 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> chatouiller, <i>acc<\/i>. PLAT. <i>Conv. 185<\/i> e ; <i>fig<\/i>. PLUT. <i>M. 61<\/i> d ;<br\/><br\/><b style='color:darkblue'><i>Moy.<\/i><\/b> :<br\/><b>      1<\/b> gratter sur soi <i>ou<\/i> pour soi : δακτύλῳ τὴν κεφαλήν, PLUT. <i>Pomp. 48,<\/i> se gratter la tête avec le doigt ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> se chatouiller, PLAT. <i>Gorg. 494 c et d ;<\/i> τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ, LUC. <i>Salt. 2,<\/i> les oreilles avec une plume.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Contract. de<\/i> αε <i>en<\/i> ᾱ : κνάει = κνᾷ, PLUT. <i>M. 61<\/i> d ; κνάειν = κνᾶν, HDT. <i>7, 239 ;<\/i> κνάεσθαι = κνᾶσθαι, PLUT. <i>M. 89, 440<\/i> a, <i>ou en<\/i> η : κνάεσθαι = κνῆσθαι, PLAT. <i>Gorg. 494<\/i> c.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "κνᾷ Plu. 2.61d, but in correct <i>Att.<\/i> κνῇ, <i>inf.<\/i> κνῆν (v. ἐπικνάω) corrupted to κνεῖν Moer. p. 234 P., Hsch., Ion. κνᾶν Hdt. 7.239; <i>fut.<\/i> κνήσω Hp. <i>Coac.<\/i> 460 (prob. l.); <i>aor.<\/i> ἔκνησα Id. <i>Int.<\/i> 23, Pl. <i>Smp.<\/i> 185c (prob. l.), Arist. <i>Pr.<\/i> 965a23, (κατ-) Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 965; but κνᾶσαι· ὀλέσαι, λυπῆσαι, Hsch. ; <i>3 sg. Ep. impf.<\/i> ἐπικνῆ <i>Il.<\/i> 11.639; — <i>Med., inf.<\/i> κνῆσθαι Pl. <i>Grg.<\/i> 494c, later κνᾶσθαι Plu. 2.89e, etc. ; <i>fut.<\/i> κνήσομαι Herod. 4.51; <i>aor.<\/i> ἐκνησάμην Luc. <i>Bis Acc.<\/i> 1, Dor. ἐκνασάμην Theoc. 7.110; — Pass., κνᾶται Gal. 10.979; <i>pf.<\/i> κατακέκνησμαι Id. 13.1022:<br\/><b>scrape, grate<\/b>, ἐπὶ δ’ αἴγειον κνῆ τυρόν <i>Il. l.c.<\/i>, cf. Hp. <i>Int. l.c.<\/i> ; τὸν κηρὸν κνᾶν <b>to scrape<\/b> it <b>off<\/b>, Hdt. <i>l.c.<\/i> (nisi leg. ἐκκν-), cf. Gal. 13.1022; — Pass., prob. for κνισθεῖσα in Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 9.20.4.<br\/><b>scratch<\/b>, τῇ χειρί Hp. <i>Fract.<\/i> 21; τὸν περὶ τὰς μασχάλας τόπον Arist. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; — <i>Med.<\/i>, <b>scratch oneself<\/b>, ἀφθόνως ἔχειν τοῦ κνῆσθαι Pl. <i>Grg. l.c.<\/i> ; κνώμενος τὸ κρανίον Timocl. 2.5 D. ; τὸ βρέγμα κνήσῃ Herod. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; [ἔλαφοι] κνώμενοι [τὰ κέρατα] πρὸς τὰ δένδρα Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 611b16; δακτύλῳ κνᾶσθαι τὴν κεφαλήν Plu. <i>Pomp.<\/i> 48; abs., Id. 2.1091e, Jul. <i>Caes.<\/i> 323b; τρίβειν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ κνᾶσθαι Phld. <i>Rh.<\/i> 2.143 S. ; κνήσασθαι τὸ οὖς Luc. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; κνησάμενον ἑνὶ τῶν ποδῶν τὴν πλευράν Gal. 8.443. <i>Med.<\/i>, <b>itch<\/b>, Id. 10.437, 979.<br\/><b>tickle<\/b>, τὴν ῥῖνα prob. in Pl. <i>Smp. l.c.<\/i> ; — <i>Med.<\/i>, κνᾶσθαι τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ <b>tickle one΄s<\/b> ears, Luc. <i>Salt.<\/i> 2, etc. ; <i>metaph<\/i>, τοῦτο κνᾷ καὶ γαργαλίζει καὶ ἀναπείθει Plu. 2.61d; — Pass., οὐ παρέργως ἐκνώμην πρὸς αὐτά Luc. <i>Nec.<\/i> 3."
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "inf. κνῆν bei den Attikern, imperf. αἴγειον κνῆ τυρὸν κνήστι χαλκείῃ <i>Il<\/i>. 11.639, <i>schaben, kratzen, reiben<\/i>, τὸν κηρὸν κνᾶν, <i>abkratzen<\/i>, Her. 7.239.<br\/><b>Med<\/b>. <i>sich kratzen<\/i>, κνῆσθαι (v.l. κνᾶσθαι), Plat. <i>Gorg<\/i>. 494c ; τίς ἑνὶ δακτύλῳ κνᾶται τὴν κεφαλήν ; <i>wer kratzt sich den Kopf<\/i> ? Plut. <i>Pomp<\/i>. 48, öfter ; Luc.; – <i>kitzeln<\/i> ; οἵῳ κνήσαις ἂν τὴν ῥῖνα, <font color='darkorange'>v.l.<\/font> κινήσαις, Plat. <i>Symp<\/i>. 185e ; ὅμοια πεπονθὼς τοῖς τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ κνωμένοις Luc. <i>salt<\/i>. 2, vgl. <i>calumn<\/i>. 21."
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