χερνιβεῖον
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
τό, A vessel for water to wash the hands, basin, τὸ χ. πρῶτον, ἡ πομπὴ σαφής Antiph.66, cf. IG22.1400.41, al., Michel832.46 (pl., Samos, iv B. C.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χερνῐβεῖον: τό, λεκάνη πρὸς νίψιν τῶν χειρῶν, τὸ χ. πρῶτον ἐκ πομπῆς ἄφες Ἀντιφάνης ἐν «Βουσίριδι» 2, πρβλ. Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 298 (ἔνθα ὁ Bentl. ἐπηνώρθωσεν αὐτὸ ἀντὶ χερνίβιον)· οὕτω καὶ ἀντὶ χερνιβίοις ἐν Ἀνδοκ. 33. 3 (ἔνθα τὰ Ἀντίγραφα ἔχουσι χερνίβοις, καὶ ὁ Ἀθήν. 408C - ἡμαρτημένως μνημονεύων τὸν Λυσίαν - ἔχει χερνίβιοις). ΙΙ. χερνίβιον, ἀμίς, οὐροδοχεῖον(;), Ἱππ. 1230D.
Greek Monolingual
τὸ, Α χέρνιψ, -ιβος]
το χέρνιβον («τὸ χερνιβεῑον πρῶτον ἐκ πομπῆς ἄφες», Αντιφάν.).
