χέρνιψ: Difference between revisions

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