ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
only ipf., in ritualistic sense, χέρνιβά τ' οὐλοχύτᾶς τε, began the sacred hand-washing and sprinkling of barley meal, Od. 3.445†.
