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ἄκνησ-τις

aknestis

backbone

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What it meant

1. ἄκνηστις · aknēstis — Beekes

ἄκνηστις [f.] ‘backbone’ (A. R. 4, 1403: ἐπ᾽ ἄκνηστιν); name of a plant (Nic. Th. 52). «ΟΕ» *ETYM It is supposed that κατ᾽ ἄκνηστιν stands for older κατὰ κνῆστιν ‘rasp’ (Κ 161), (Wackernagel Glotta 2 (1910): 1, Fraenkel Glotta 4 (1913): 42, Leumann 1950: 49); on κνῆστις see » -κναίω. — [Beekes, s.v. ἄκνηστις, p. 100]

2. ἄκνηστις · aknēstis — Chantraine

ἄκνηστις : f. sépine dorsale », met rare (θα. 10,161 χατ᾽ ἄχνηστιν, A.R. 4, 1408 ἐπ᾽ ἄκνηστιν ). Nom de l'ortie (Nic. Th. 52). Ei.: Le mot est à rapprocher de xvñotis «rûpe à fromage », cf. sous -xvalw, et on admet que les deux termes sont identiques, cf. Bechtel, Οἱ. 1,72, Wackernagel, Οἱ. 2,1, Bechtel, Lezilogus 27, enfin Leumann, Hom. Wéërter 9 : ἄκνηστις serait né d'une coupure fautive, chez . Hom., de κατὰ … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἄκνηστις, p. 62]

3. ἄκνησ-τις · aknēs-tis — LSJ

spine, backbone

spine or backbone of animals, Od. 10.161 (nisi leg. κατὰ κνῆστιν), A.R. 4.1403; also τὸ μέσον τῆς ὀσφύος Poll. 2.179.

II stinging-nettle

stinging-nettle, = ἀκαλήφη, Nic. Th. 52 (other expl. ap. Sch. ad loc.).

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