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κατα-νύσσω

katanusso

stab, gouge

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What it meant

κατα-νύσσω · kata-nyssō — LSJ

stab, gouge, to be sorely pricked, to be bewildered, stunned, keep silence

stab, gouge, τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς τινος Phleg. 36.4J.:—elsewh. in Pass., with fut. -νῠγήσομαι LXX Si. 20.21: aor. -ενύγην [ῠ] (v. infr.); to be sorely pricked, metaph., κατενύγησαν τὴν καρδίαν Act.Ap. 2.37, cf. LXX Ge. 34.7: hence, to be bewildered, stunned, κάθισον -νενυγμένη LXX Is. 47.5, cf. Ps. 4.5, al.; keep silence, ib. Le. 10.3.

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