καινίζω

English (LSJ)

(καινός) prop.

   A make new or strange, but usu. in deriv. senses, καί τι καινίζει στέγη the house has something new, strange about it, S.Tr.867; κ. εὐχάς offer new, strange prayers, E.Tr.889; ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισαν (corr. Blomf. for ᾧ σ' ἐκαίνισαν) how they devised a new, strange net, A.Ch.492; ὅστις τόνδ' ἐκαίνισεν λόγον E. Fr.598 ( = Critias 21 D.); so later, innovate, καθολικόν τι καινίζειν OGI669.47:—Pass., ib.62 (Egvpt, i A. D.), Just.Nov.7.12 Ep.; πολλὰ τῷ βίῳ κ. Vett.Val.270.27; in Poets, esp. use for the first time, handsel, καίνισον ζυγόν try on thy new yoke, A.Ag.1071; πρῶτος τὸν ταῦρον ἐκαίνισεν first handseled the bull [of Perilaus], Call.Fr.119; κ. δόρυ first to feel the spear, Lyc.530.