1. κεντέω · kenteō — Chantraine
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κεντέω
kenteo
Pi, etc, aor
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What it meant
2. κεντέω · kenteō — Frisk
3. κεντέω · kenteō — Frisk
4. κεντ-έω · kent-eō — LSJ
prick, goad, spur on, Il. l.c., Ar. Nu. 1300, etc.: prov., κ. τὸν πῶλον περὶ τὴν νύσσαν, of impetuous haste, Suid.
of bees and wasps, sting, Ar. V. 226, al.; Ἔρωτα κακὰ κέντασε μέλισσα Theoc. l.c.; τὠφθαλμὼ κεντούμενος ὥσπερ ὑπʼ ἀνθρηνῶν Ar. Nu. 947; of the porcupine, Ael. NA 12.26: then,
generally, prick, stab, Pi. l.c., Theoc. 15.130, etc.; μηδʼ ὀλωλότα κέντει S. Ant. 1030; τὴν γλῶσσαν καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν κέντησον Tab.Defix. 97.26; ἐκέντει . . <αἰθέρʼ>, ὡς σφάζων ἐμέ E. Ba. 631 (troch.), etc.; κ. τὸν ἀέρα Theo Sm. p.61 H., cf. p.72 H.; τύπτειν οὐδὲ κ. Pl. Grg. 456d:—Pass., κεντηθείσης τῆς φλεβός Thphr. l.c.; παιομένους καὶ κεντουμένους Th. 4.47; μαστιγούμενος καὶ κεντούμενος X. HG 3.3.11, cf. An. 3.1.29: metaph., σὺν δόλῳ κ. stab in the dark, S. Aj. 1245; λιμῷ κεντούμενος Alcip
= βινέω, Mnesim. 4.55.
In the wild
- κένσαι · kensai Iliad 23.337
- κένσαι · kensai Plato, Ion 537
- κένσαι · kensai Plato, Ion 537
- κένσαι · kensai Xenophon, Symposium 4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 251)
Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κεντέω (scan p. 529; entry #3834).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κεντέω (scan p. 852; entry #2915). Root candidates: *xevr-.
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