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|Full diacritics=ἐκνίζω
|Medium diacritics=ἐκνίζω
|Low diacritics=εκνίζω
|Capitals=ΕΚΝΙΖΩ
|Transliteration A=eknízō
|Transliteration B=eknizō
|Transliteration C=eknizo
|Beta Code=e)kni/zw
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wash out, purge away</b>, φόνον φόνῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1224</span>; of crimes, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>352c</span> :—Med., <b class="b2">wash off from oneself</b>, οὐδέποτε ἐκνίψει τὰ πεπραγμένα σαυτῷ <span class="bibl">D.18.140</span> ; τὰ ἔθη γυναικῶν <span class="bibl">Ph.1.365</span> ; ἄγος φόνου <span class="bibl">Paus. 3.17.7</span> ; τὸ θνητόν Plu.2.499c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> ἐκνενιμμένοι τόποι <b class="b2">washed away</b>, POxy.1469.6 (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">wash clean, purify</b>, ψυχήν <span class="title">AP</span>14.74 : metaph., <b class="b2">restore to clarity</b>, τὴν αἴσθησιν <span class="bibl">Aret. <span class="title">CA</span>2.3</span> :—Pass., <b class="b3">ἐκνενιμμένη</b>, of a cup, <span class="bibl">Eub.56.5</span> ; ἐκνιφθεὶς ὁ στόμαχος Philum. ap. <span class="bibl">Aët.9.3</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''ἐκνίζω''': μέλλ. -[[νίψω]], [[ἐκπλύνω]], [[καθαρίζω]], Λατ. eluere, diluere, φόνον φόνῳ, Εὐρ. Ἰ. Τ. 1224· ἐπὶ ἐγκλημάτων ἢ κακουργημάτων, Πλάτ. Ἐπιστ. 352C: - Μέσ. [[ἀποπλύνω]] ἀπ’ ἑμαυτοῦ, [[οὐδέποτε]] ἐκνίψῃ τὰ πεπραγμένα, Λατ. diluere crimina, Δημ. 274. 23· [[ἄγος]] φόνου Παυσ. 3. 17, 7· τὸ θνητὸν Πλούτ. 2. 499C. ΙΙ. ἐντελῶς [[ἐκπλύνω]], [[καθαίρω]], ἐξαγνίζω, Ἀνθ. Π. 14. 74: - Παθ., ἐκνενιμμένη, ἐπὶ κύλικος, Εὔβουλος ἐν «Κυβευταῖς» 1. 5.
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|btext=<i>c.</i> [[ἐκνίπτω]].
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