ἀπόνιπτρον
From LSJ
σφάγιον ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ, γυναικεῖον ἀμφικεῖσθαι μόρον → my wife's death, lies upon me, bringing destruction after death | Is it that now there waits in store for me, my own wife's death to crown my misery
English (LSJ)
τό,
A water used for washing, dirty water, ἀ. ἐκχεῖν Ar. Ach.616.
German (Pape)
[Seite 317] τό, = ἀπόνιμμα, Ar. Ach. 591.
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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
eau pour se laver.
Étymologie: ἀπονίπτω.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
agua sucia de haberse lavado, agua sucia ἀ. ἐκχεῖν Ar.Ach.616, cf. Phryn.165, Ath.409f.
