ΚΝΙΣΑΣ, κνισας
KNISAS, knisas
Sounds Like: KNEE-sas
Translations: having scraped, having scratched, having irritated, having provoked
From the root: ΚΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active participle of the verb 'κνίζω' (knizō). It describes an action that has been completed in the past, specifically the act of scraping, scratching, or irritating. It can also refer to provoking or stinging. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb to describe someone or something that has performed this action.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΝΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΕΚΝΙΣΕΝ — cut off, broke off, scraped off, gnawed off, tore off
- ΑΠΕΚΝΙΣΕΝ — he scraped off, he scratched off, he gnawed off, he rubbed off
- ΚΝΙΖΩ — to scratch, to scrape, to prick, to irritate, to vex
- ΚΝΙΖΩΝ — pricking, scratching, irritating, stinging, a pricking, a scratching, an irritating, a stinging
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