κεντέω

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; compare also 🇨🇬,, and possibly.

Verb

 * 1) to prick, sting, goad
 * 2) to stab, pierce, wound
 * 3) to torture, torment

Inflection
Homer uses κένσαι as the aorist infinitive, which is phonetically odd because -νσ- is normally forbidden in Greek.