Liddell-Scott-Jones

κεντέω (kenteō) to sting ^G:V

κεντέω-έω,

[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκέντησα [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect κέντᾱσα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive κένσαι (as if from *κέντω) [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, future -ηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκεντέωήθην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect κεκέντημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—prick, goad, spur on, Il.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+], of impetuous haste, [Refs]

__2 of bees and wasps, sting, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἔρωτα κακὰ κέντασε μέλισσα Theoc.[same place]; τὠφθαλμὼ κεντέωούμενος ὥσπερ ὑπ᾽ ἀνθρηνῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the porcupine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 generally, prick, stab, Pi.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, κεντέωηθείσης τῆς φλεβός Thphr.[same place]; παιομένους καὶ κεντέωουμένους [κεντέωούμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.11, compare “An.” 3.1.29: \_metaphorically\_, σὺν δόλῳ κ.">Refs 5th c.BC+] stab in the dark, [κεντέωούμενος 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.4. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 ={βινέω}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]