καινίζω: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=(καινός) prop. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">make new</b> or <b class="b2">strange</b>, but usu. in deriv. senses, <b class="b3">καί τι καινίζει στέγη</b> the house <b class="b2">has</b> something <b class="b2">new, strange</b> about it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>867</span>; <b class="b3">κ. εὐχάς</b> <b class="b2">offer new, strange</b> prayers, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>889</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισαν</b> (corr. Blomf. for <b class="b3">ᾧ σ' ἐκαίνισαν</b>) how they <b class="b2">devised a new, strange</b> net, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>492</span>; ὅστις τόνδ' ἐκαίνισεν λόγον <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Fr.</span>598</span> ( = <span class="bibl">Critias 21</span> D.); so later, <b class="b2">innovate</b>, καθολικόν τι καινίζειν <span class="title">OGI</span>669.47:—Pass., ib.62 (Egvpt, i A. D.), <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>7.1</span><span class="title">2 Ep.</span>; <b class="b3">πολλὰ τῷ βίῳ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.270.27</span>; in Poets, esp. <b class="b2">use for the first time, handsel</b>, <b class="b3">καίνισον ζυγόν</b> <b class="b2">try on</b> thy <b class="b2">new</b> yoke, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1071</span>; <b class="b3">πρῶτος τὸν ταῦρον ἐκαίνισεν</b> first <b class="b2">handseled</b> the bull [of Perilaus], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>119</span>; <b class="b3">κ. δόρυ</b> <b class="b2">first to feel</b> the spear, Lyc.530.</span>

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