κνίζω,
future κνίσω [ῐ] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1198 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔκνῐσα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.32, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.59, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ἔκνιξα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἐκνίσθην [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 209, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.59 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: scratch, gash, παῖδα.. γυμνὸν ἢν κνίσω.. οὐχ ἕλκος ἕξε; Herod.[same place]; κνίζων συκάμινα (to make them ripen) [[ LXX.Amos.7.14, compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.51b. ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]
__2 pound, chop up, or grate, uncertain in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.20.4 (perhaps κνησθεῖσα). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II tickle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 587b7 (_passive_), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.58 O. (_passive_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 usually metaphorically, of love, chafe, tease, τὸν Ἀρίστωνα ἔκνιζε τῆς γυναικὸς ταύτης ἔρως [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.62, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 568; κἠγὼ μὰν κνίζω τινά 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.122 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of other feelings, as satiety, κόρος κνίζει [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” [same place]; anxiety, Ξέρξην ἔκνιζε ἡ γνώμη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.12; τὰ σμικρὰ οὐδέν μιν κνίζει (i.e. τὸν θεόν) [prev. work] 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].; ἔκνιζέ μ᾽ αἰεὶ τοῦθ᾽ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 786; τὸ βούλεσθαί μ᾽ ἔκνιζε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 330 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; provoke, tease, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1286 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ κατ᾽ ἔπος κνίσω τὸ ῥῆμ᾽ ἕκαστον will not attack every word, [[[prev. author] “Ra.” ] Refs][same place]; provoke to jealousy, [[ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.32 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; in good sense, ἁδεῖά νιν ἔκνιξε χάρις [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 555, “Andr.” [same place]; ἐρωτίδα τᾶς ποκ᾽ ἐκνίσθη 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.59, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 10.4; κνιζόμενος ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτος ἐπὶ τῇ παιδί 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκνίσθη; does that touch you? [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περινθία” 16. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]