α 911Ἄκνηστις chine, small (of the back)
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 7 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions
English Greek Side by side
Translation [Meaning] the backbone. [sc. Etymologically the word means] that which one cannot easily scratch [knh/qesqai ].
Greek original Ἄκνηστις· ἡ ῥάχις. ἣν οὐ δύναταί τις εὐκόλως κνήθεσθαι.
Betacode *)/aknhstis: h( r(a/xis. h(\n ou) du/natai/ tis eu)ko/lws knh/qesqai. Copy Greek Notes Similar entries in some other lexica, including
Hesychius (where Latte cites
Homer ,
Odyssey 10.161) and Apollonius'
Homeric Lexicon .
The word is also found without the initial alpha. (Its earliest appearance, in
Homer [above], can accommodate either reading:
kat' a)/knhstin or
kata\ knh=stin .)
Neighbours in Adler order Revisions (7) 13 May 2015 David Whitehead 29 Mar 2015 Catharine Roth coding 30 Jan 2012 Catharine Roth tweaked translation, added keyword 26 Jan 2012 David Whitehead expanded note 4 Jun 2002 David Whitehead added note and keywords; cosmetics 7 Nov 2000 Jennifer Benedict translated Cite Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄκνηστις (Adler number alpha 911), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 7 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/911
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