स्नु 1. (
cf. √
1.स्ना)
cl. 2.
P. (
[Dhātup. xxiv, 29] )
स्नौति (
accord. to
[Vop.] also
स्नुते; only in
pres. base;
Gr. also
pf. सुष्णाव,
सुष्णुवे;
fut. स्नोता or
स्नविता &c.),
to drip, distil, trickle, emit fluid, yield milk,
[BhP.] (
cf. प्र-√ स्नु) :
Caus. स्नावयति (
aor. असुष्णवत्)
Gr. :
Desid. of
Caus. सिस्नावयिषति or
सुस्नावयिषति,
ib. :
Desid. सुस्नूषति,
ib. :
Intens. सोष्णूयते,
सिष्णवीति,
सोष्णोति,
ib. [
cf. Gk. νέω,
νεύσομαι].
स्नु 2. (
ifc. ) dripping, trickling, sprinkling (See
घृत-स्नु).
स्नु m. 3.n. (
accord. to
[L.] also
m. abridged
fr. सानु and occurring only in
instr. abl. sg. ,
स्नु॑ना,
स्नो॑स्; and in
instr. loc. pl. स्नु॑भिस्,
स्नु॑षु) the level summit or edge of a mountain, table-land, surface, height,
[RV.] ;
[VS.] स्नु f. 4.f. =
स्नायु, a sinew, tendon, muscle (only occurring in
स्नु-तस्, ‘from the sinews or muscles’),
[BhP.] स्नु 5. a
कृद्-अन्त affix to roots forming adjectives expressive of an aptitude to do what is implied by the root,
[Vop.]