κνησμός

κνησ-μός, ὁ,

• = κνῆσις, itching, Hp. VM 16, Arist. HA 578b3; ἡ ἀκαλήφη κ. ποιεῖ Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.90a; scratching, Plu. Sanit. 2.126b (pl.); in a pleasurable sense, titillation, Arist. GA 723b34, Pr. 878b7.
• • • 2 metaph., irritation, Plu. Adul. 2.61a.

κνησμός, ὁ, das Jucken, der Kitzel, Reiz ; Hippocr.; κνησμὸν ποιεῖ ἡ ἀκαλήφη Diphil. bei Ath. III.90a ; Arist. H.A. 6.28 ; κνησμοῦ περὶ τὴν χεῖρα συμβάντος S.Emp. adv. math. 7.232.

κνησμός, οῦ, κνάω

• an itching, irritation, Plut.