χερνῆτις
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
English (LSJ)
ιδος, fem. of χερνήτης,
A a woman that spins for daily hire, γυνὴ χ. Il.12. <*>, Parth.27.1, Cels. ap. OrigenesCels.1.28; γρηῢς χ. AP6.203 (Lacon. or Phil.): abs., ib.9.276 (Crin.), cf. Ael.Fr.343.
