to bite

Greek Verb

δάκνω [in LXX for נשׁךְ, Gen.49:17, al, exc. Deu.8:15 (שׂרף);] to bite: metaphorically, Gal.5:15. (AS)

to bite

Greek Verb

δάκν-ω, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: future δήξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δέδηχα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist 1 ἔδηξα late, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 2 (the only tense in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect δάκε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect infinitive δακέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: —passive, δάκνομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]: future δηχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐδήχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δέδηγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect δεδαγμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices:—bite, of dogs, δακέειν μὲν ἀπετρωπῶντο λεόντων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a gnat, ἰσχανάᾳ δακέειν [Refs]; στόμιον δ. champ the bit, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χεῖλος ὀδοῦσι δακών, as a mark of stern determination, Tyrt.[same place]: absolutely, δακὼν ἀνάσχου [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. στόμα bite one's tongue, so as to refrain from speaking, πρὸ τῶν τοιούτων χρὴ λόγων δ. στόμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἑαυτόν to bite one's lips for fear of laughing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so (by a joke παρὰ προσδοκίαν) δ. θυμόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II) metaphorically of pungent smoke and dust, sting, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ὄμματα, of dry winds, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) of the mind, bite, sting, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λόφοι δὲ κώδωντ᾽ οὐ δάκνουσ᾽ ἄνευ δορός have no sting, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, πάντες οἱ ἐν ὥρᾳ τὸν φιλόπαιδα δάκνουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—frequently in passive, δηχθεῖσα κέντροις. ἠράσθη [Refs 5th c.BC+] [prev. cited]; of vexation, δάκνομαι ψυχήν [Refs 6th c.BC+]; συμφορᾷ δεδαγμένοι Pi.[same place]; δέδηγμαι καρδίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρός τι, ἐπί τινι, at a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.participle, ἐδήχθη ἀκούσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf.Sanskritdáśati 'bite', Gothic tahjan 'tear'.)

Greek

Verb

to bite, i.e. (figuratively) thwart; bite; a prolonged form of a primary root