The corpus record

διακναίω

diaknaio

scrape, grate away, gouge out

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k

What it meant

διακναίω · diaknaiō — LSJ

scrape, grate away, gouge out, to be lacerated, being shivered

scrape or grate away, ὄψιν δ. gouge out his eye, E. Cyc. 487 (lyr.):—Pass., to be lacerated, Hp. Mul. 2.120; διακναιομένης κάμακος the spear being shivered, A. Ag. 65 (anap.).

2 wear out, wear away, murder, to be worn quite away, destroyed, with all oneʼs, scraped off

wear out, wear away, ἡ ἀσιτίη δ. Hp. Morb. 1.13; πόθος μʼ ἔχει διακναίσας Ar. Ec. 957, cf. E. IA 27 (lyr.), Heracl. 296 (lyr.); δ. Ὀρέστην murder Orestes (i.e. the character, by bad acting), Stratt. 1:—Pass., to be worn quite away, destroyed, αἰκίαις, μόχθοις, A. Pr. 94, 541 (lyr.), cf. E. Med. 164 (lyr.), Alc. 109 (lyr.); πόλις διακναισθήσεται Ar. Pax 251; τὸ χρῶμα διακεκναισμένος with all oneʼs colour scraped off, Id. Nu. 120.

In the wild

διακναιομένης · diaknaiomenēs Aeschylus, Agamemnon 60–66
διακναιόμενον · diaknaiomenon Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 540–544
διακναιόμενος · diaknaiomenos Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 93–95
διέκναισεν · dieknaisen Euripides, Electra 1305 (DIORISIS sentence 822)
διέκναισαν · dieknaisan Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 36)

Where it came from

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