χειρόμακτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cloth for wiping the hands, towel, napkin</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.64</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>502</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span> 87.8</span>, al. (iii B.C.): the Scythians used scalps as <b class="b3">χειρόμακτρα</b>, Hdt.l.c.: hence Σκυθιστὶ χ. ἐκκεκαρμένος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>473</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">head-cloth</b>, used by women, Sapph.44, <span class="bibl">Hecat.358</span> J., and perhaps so in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.122</span>, <b class="b3">χ. χρύσεον</b>, [Written χειρώμακτρον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRev.Laws</span> 94.4</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEnteux.</span>38.3</span>,<span class="bibl">9</span> (iii B.C.), but <b class="b3">χειρόμακτρον</b> <span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span> Il.cc. (iii B.C.): -ω- might be due to 'contamination' with the root of <b class="b3">ὀμόργ-νυμι.]</b>