χέρνιψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, used by Hom. (only in Od., v. infr.) always in acc. [[χέρνιβα]]; later in nom., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>656</span>; gen. <span class="sense"><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]]):—[[water]] for [[washing]] the [[hand]]s, [[before]] [[meal]]s, <span class="bibl">Od.1.136</span>, <span class="bibl">3.440</span>, <span class="bibl">4.52</span>, etc.: especially of [[holy water]] used before [[sacrifice]]s, <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"><span class="bld">2</span> freq. in plural [[χέρνιβες]], [[purification]]s with [[holy]] [[water]], <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.; χέρνιβας [[νέμειν]] = [[allow]] the [[use]] of [[holy]] [[water]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>240</span>; <b class="b3">κοινωνὸς χερνίβων</b> a [[partaker]] [[therein]], 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"><span class="bld">3</span> rarely of [[libation]]s 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>