κνήθω: present passive
κνήθομαι; (from
κνάω, infinitive
κναν and Attic
κνην);
to scratch, tickle, make to itch; passive
to itch:
κνηθόμενοι τήν ἀκοήν (on the accusative cf.
Winers Grammar, § 32, 5), i. e. desirous of hearing something pleasant (
Hesychius,
κνήθειν τήν ἀκοήν.
ζητοῦντες τί ἀκοῦσαι,
καθ' ἡδονήν),
2 Timothy 4:3. (Middle τόν ὄνον κνήθεσθαι εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας τά ἕλκη, its sores, Aristotle, h. a. 9, 1, p. 609a, 32; κνην Ἀττικοι, κνήθειν Ἕλληνες, Moeris, p. 234; (cf. Veitch, under the word κνάω).)
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