ἀπονίζω
ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου → mine age is as nothing before thee
English (LSJ)
later ἀπονευρ-νίπτω D.S 4.59, Plu.Phoc.18, and once as v.l. in Hom., v. infr.:—
A wash off, ἀπονίψαντες . . βρότον ἐξ ὠτειλῶν Od.24.18), cf. Il.7.425 (tm.):—Med., wash off from oneself, ἱδρῶ πολλὸν ἀπονίζοντο θαλάσσῃ ib.10.572. II wash clean, esp. of the hands and feet, τὴν ἀπονίζουσα φρασάμην I perceived it (the scar) as I was washing his feet, Od.23.75; ὅταν ἡ θυγάτηρ μ' ἀπονίζῃ καὶ τὼ πόδ' ἀλείφῃ Ar.V.608, cf. Men.Georg.60; ἓ μὲν ἔφη ἀ. τὸν παῖδα Pl.Smp. 175a:—Med., χρῶτ' ἀπονίπτεσθαι wash one's body, v.l. in Od.18.179, cf. 172; χεῖράς τε πόδας τε ib.22.478: abs., οἷον εἴ τις εἰς πηλὸν ἐμβὰς πηλῷ -νίζοιτο Heraclit.5; wash one's hands (esp. after meals, cf. Ar.Byz. ap. Ath.9.408f), Hp.Mul.1.89; ἐγὼ μὲν ἀποτρέχων ἀπονίψομαι Ar.Av.1163; ἀπονίψασθαι δοτέον water to wash with, Alex.250, cf. Antiph.136; so in pf. Pass., ἀπονενίμμεθ' Ar.V.1217; ἀπονενιμμένος Id.Ec.419; also in late Prose, v. supr.; τῆς κρήνης -νιψάμενος Alciphr.3.1; but ἀπονίψασθαι τὸ πρόσωπον ἀπὸ τᾶς κράνας IG4.951.63 (Epid.). 2 rarely of things, ἀ. τὴν κύλικα Pherecr.41.
German (Pape)
[Seite 316] poet. u. Sp. wie Plut. Phoc. 18 auch ἀπονίπτω (s. νίζω), abwaschen, ἀπονίζουσα Od. 23, 75; ὕδατι νίζοντες ἄπο βρότον Iliad. 7, 425; Plat. Conv. 175 a; ἀπονίζῃ Ar. Vesp. 608; ἀπονίψατε Od. 19, 317; ἀπονίψαντες βρότον ἐξ ὠτειλέων 24, 189. – Häufiger med., sich reinigen von etwas, χρῶτ' ἀπονί. πτεσθαι Od. 18, 179; ἱδρῶ πολλὸν ἀπενίζοντο [mit langem ε] Il. 10, 572; χρῶτ'ἀπονιψαμένη Od. 18, 172; ἀπονιψάμενοι χεῖράς τε πόδας τε 22, 478; oft abs., sich waschen, ἀπονενίμμεθα (nach der Mahlzeit, wie Poll. u. Ath. IX, 408 f auch bemerken) Ar. Vesp. 1217; vgl. Eccl. 419; ἀπονίψομαι Av. 1163; ἀπονιψάμενος Plat. Conv. 223 d, u. Sp.; τὸν πηλὸν ἀπονιψάμενοι τῶνποδῶν, sich den Schmutz von den Füßen abwaschen, Plut. Symp. 1, 2, 3; τὸν ὕπνον Luc. amor. 44.