Ἀποκναίει

wears out

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Feb 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[Meaning he/she/it] destroys, cuts off, ruins, troubles, vexes.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀποκναίει· διαφθείρει, ἀποκόπτει, ἀπολλύει, λυπεῖ, ὀδυνᾷ.

Betacode

*)apoknai/ei: diafqei/rei, a)poko/ptei, a)pollu/ei, lupei=, o)duna=|.

Same or similar entry in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Republic 406A, where aorist a)pe/knaise occurs. The present headword is quoted from Demosthenes 21.153; see the scholia there.
See also alpha 3361.