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κατακνάω

kataknao

scrape away

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What it meant

κατακνάω · kataknaō — LSJ

scrape away, scrape away, make away with, scrapings

scrape away, ἀπόκριναι . . , εἰ μὴ κατέκνησας τοῖς στρατιώταις ἅλαβες whether you did not scrape away, make away with . . , Ar. V. 965; -κνήσας (-κνίσας codd.) [τοῦ κηροῦ] τὸ λευκόν Dsc. 2.83:— Pass., κατακνησθείην Ar. Eq. 771; κηρὸς -κεκνησμένος wax scrapings, Asclep. ap. Gal. 13.1022.

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v. κατακνίζω II.3.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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