ἀπόνιπτρον
σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ σὺ χεῖρα κινεῖ → God helps those who help themselves, God helps them that help themselves, heaven helps those who help themselves, the Lord helps those who help themselves, move your hand along with Athena, move your hand along with Minerva, fortune favors the prepared mind, fortune favours the prepared mind, chance favors the prepared mind, chance favours the prepared mind
English (LSJ)
τό, water used for washing, dirty water, ἀ. ἐκχεῖν Ar. Ach.616.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
agua sucia de haberse lavado, agua sucia ἀ. ἐκχεῖν Ar.Ach.616, cf. Phryn.165, Ath.409f.
German (Pape)
[Seite 317] τό, = ἀπόνιμμα, Ar. Ach. 591.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
eau pour se laver.
Étymologie: ἀπονίπτω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀπόνιπτρον: τό грязная вода, помои Arph.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόνιπτρον: τό, τὸ ἐκ τῆς ἀπονίψεως ῥυπαρὸν ὕδωρ, «τὸ δὲ μετὰ τὴν κάθαρσιν καταπεσὸν ὑγρὸν ἀπόνιπτρον ἐκαλεῖτο, ἤγουν χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν ἀπόνιμμα» Εὐστ. 1401, 7., 1867, 25· ὥσπερ ἀπόνιπτρον ἐκχέοντες ἑσπέρας Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 616, ἴδε Πολυδ. Ζ΄, 40, Ἡσύχ. κλ.
Greek Monolingual
ἀπόνιπτρον, το (Α)
απόπλυμα, βρομόνερο.
Greek Monotonic
ἀπόνιπτρον: τό (ἀπονίζω), νερό μέσα στο οποίο έχει πλύνει κάποιος τα χέρια του, ρυπαρό νερό, σε Αριστοφ.
Middle Liddell
[from ἀπονίζω
water in which the hands have been washed, dirty water, Ar.