χέρνιψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, used by Hom. (only in Od., v. infr.) always in acc. <b class="b3">χέρνιβα</b>; later in nom., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>656</span>; gen. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> χέρνιβος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1127.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>1129</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.6.52</span>, <span class="bibl">D.20.158</span>; dat. χέρνιβι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>897</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.4.97</span>; pl., freq. in Trag. (v. infr. <span class="bibl">2</span>); poet. dat. χερνίβεσσιν <span class="bibl">Simon.44</span>: (χείρ, νίζω):—<b class="b2">water for washing the hands</b>, before meals, <span class="bibl">Od.1.136</span>, <span class="bibl">3.440</span>, <span class="bibl">4.52</span>, etc.: esp. of holy water used before sacrifices, <span class="bibl">3.445</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>850</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>1129</span>; ὕδωρ, ὃ ἦν ἄψαυστον σφίσι, πλὴν πρὸς τὰ ἱερὰ χέρνιβι χρῆσθαι Th. l.c., εἴργεσθαι χέρνιβος D. l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> freq. in pl. <b class="b3">χέρνιβες</b>, <b class="b2">purifications with holy water</b>, <span class="bibl">Simon.45</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1602</span> <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>662</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">χέρνιβας νέμειν</b> allow <b class="b2">the use of holy water</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>240</span>; <b class="b3">κοινωνὸς χερνίβων</b> a partaker <b class="b2">therein</b>, i.e. an inmate of the same house or companion at table, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1037</span>; εἰς ἱέρ' εἰσιόντα καὶ χερνίβων καὶ κανῶν ἁψόμενον <span class="bibl">D.22.78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>675</span>, <span class="bibl">1479</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>58</span>, <span class="bibl">244</span>, <span class="bibl">335</span>; προχύτας χέρνιβάς τ' ἐνάρξεται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span> 955</span>; used before entering the house after a funeral, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>100</span> (lyr., sg.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> rarely of <b class="b2">libations</b> to the dead, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>129</span>. (On the accent v. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.246</span>.)</span>