χειρόμακτρον

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   A cloth for wiping the hands, towel, napkin, Hdt.4.64, Ar.Fr.502, X.Cyr.1.3.5, PCair.Zen. 87.8, al. (iii B.C.): the Scythians used scalps as χειρόμακτρα, Hdt.l.c.: hence Σκυθιστὶ χ. ἐκκεκαρμένος S.Fr.473.    II head-cloth, used by women, Sapph.44, Hecat.358 J., and perhaps so in Hdt.2.122, χ. χρύσεον, [Written χειρώμακτρον PRev.Laws 94.4 (iii B.C.), PEnteux.38.3,9 (iii B.C.), but χειρόμακτρον PCair.Zen. Il.cc. (iii B.C.): -ω- might be due to 'contamination' with the root of ὀμόργ-νυμι.]