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|Definition=Ep.κνίση [<b class="b3">ῑ], ης, ἡ</b>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[steam and odour of fat]] which exhales from roasting meat, [[smell]] or [[savour of a burnt sacrifice]] (<b class="b3">ἡ λιπαροῦ θυμίασις</b>, opp. [[λιγνύς]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>387b6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">388a5</span>); κνίση δ' οὐρανὸν ἷκεν ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ <span class="bibl">Il.1.317</span>; κνίσην δ' ἐκ πεδίου ἄνεμοι φέρον οὐρανὸν εἴσω <span class="bibl">8.549</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>193</span>, <span class="bibl">1517</span>: generally, [[odour of savoury meat]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1045</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Alex.261.4</span>; αἱ ἐκ τῶν αἱμάτων καὶ σαρκῶν κ. <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Abst.</span>2.42</span>; of eructations, Xenocr. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.2.58.152</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">that which causes this smell, fat caul</b> (cf. <b class="b3">κνῖσα· ἐπίπλους</b>, <span class="title">AB</span>1095), in which the flesh of the victim was wrapped and burnt, μηρούς τ' ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν <span class="bibl">Il.1.460</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.18.45</span>, <span class="bibl">119</span>, etc.; κνίσῃ τε κῶλα συγκαλυπτά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>496</span>:—[[κνίσσα]], [[κνίσση]] are incorrect forms, cf. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.901</span>, al.</span>

|elnltext=κνῖσα -ης, ἡ, Ion. κνίση geurende vetdamp (van gebraden vlees bij offers), offergeur:. κνίση δ ’ οὐρανὸν ἷκεν de geurende damp van de offers reikte tot de hemel Il. 1.317. vet (dat bij het offer het vlees omhult):. μηρούς... κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν zij bedekten de schenkelstukken met vet Il. 1.460; κνίσῃ... κῶλα ξυνκαλυπτά de met vet bedekte dijstukken Aeschl. PV 496.