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κνάπτω

κνάπτω, to card

κνάπτω (v. sub fin.),
  • card or comb wool, dress or full cloth (either with teasel or comb), ἱμάτια Dsc. 4.159; παρʼ ἐμοὶ πόκος οὐ κνάπτεται Xenocr. ap. D.L. 4.10.
      • 2 of torture, ἐπʼ ἀσπαλάθων κνάπτοντες Pl. R. 616a (cf. κνάφος II): generally, mangle, tear, μάστιγι Cratin. 275:—Pass., δίνᾳ κναπτόμενοι, of bodies mangled against rocks, A. Pers. 576 (lyr.); ἐκνάπτετʼ αἰέν, of Hectorʼs body, S. Aj. 1031, cf. Philostr. VA 6.40.
      • 3 κ. γλῶσσαν, = συνέχειν ἐντὸς τῶν ὀδόντων, Com.Adesp. 1313 (= Trag.Adesp. 224). (Acc.Sch. Ar. Pl. 166, κνάπτω, κναφεύς, etc., were old Att., γνάπτω, γναφεύς, etc., later Att., confirmed by Inscrr.: forms in γν- are found in Ionic, Papyri, and later Gr., e.g. Dsc. l.c.; κνάμπτ- Pl. l.c. (as v.l.), Philostr. l.c.: cf. Welsh cnaif ‘fleece’, Engl. nap (on cloth), Lett. knābt ‘pick’, ‘peck’.)

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