νίζω

νίζω, Epich. [273]; imper.

A

νίζε Il.11.830

; inf.

νίζειν Od.19.374

; part.

νίζων Il.7.425

, E.IT1338: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

νίζον Od.1.112

, Il.11.846:— the [tense] pres. [full] νίπτω, analogically formed from νίψω ἔνιψα, first in Men. Mon.543, cf. Luc.Epigr.19, Arr.Epict.1.19.5, Ev.Jo.13.5, Plu.Thes. 10, though Hp. uses [voice] Med.

νίπτομαι Mul.1.57

(but δια-νιζέσθω ib.84, περι-νιζέσθω ib.2.158): [tense] fut.

νίψω Od.19.376

, E.IT255: [tense] aor.

ἔνιψα Id.Sthen.Prol.25

; [dialect] Ep.

νίψα Od.19.505

:—[voice] Med.,

νίζομαι Hp.

(v. supr.): [tense] impf.

νίζετο Od.6.224

: [tense] fut. νίψομαι (v. ἀπο-, ἐκ-νίζω), late

νιφήσομαι LXXLe.15.12

: [tense] aor. ἐνιψάμην; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.

νίψατο Il.16.230

: [tense] pf. νένιμμαι (v. infr.): [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. ἐνίφθην (κατ-) Hp.Prorrh.2.23:—wash the hands or feet (v. sub fin.),

νίζε δ' ἄρ' ἆσσον ἰοῦσα ἄναχθ' ἑόν Od.19.392

; αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ νίψεν ib.505, cf. 358; τῷ σε πόδας νίψω ib.376, cf. Orac. ap. Hdt.6.19;

ἁ δὲ χεὶρ τὰν χεῖρα νίζει Epich.

l.c.:—[voice] Med.,

νίψατο δ' αὐτὸς χεῖρας Il.16.230

, cf. Hes.Op.739; νίψασθαι, abs., to wash one's hands, Od.1.138, etc.; χεῖρας νίψασθαι ἁλός [with water] from the sea, 2.261 (v. infr. 11);

νίψασθαι λίμνης πόδα Hes.Fr.122

;

οὔρῳ νιψάμενος τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt.2.111

.

2 generally, purge, cleanse,

νίψαι καθαρμῷ S.OT1228

, cf. E.IT1191.

II wash off,

ἐπεί σφιν κῦμα θαλάσσης ἱδρῶ . . νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός Il.10.575

;

ἀπ' αὐτοῦ δ' αἷμα κελαινὸν νίζ' ὕδατι λιαρῷ 11.830

, 846;

φόνον ἐμῆς ἔνιψε χειρός E.Sthen.

l.c.:—[voice] Pass.,

αἷμα νένιπται Il.24.419

:—[voice] Med., ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο ἅλμην he washed the brine off his skin [with water] from the river, Od.6.224.—Commonly used of washing part of the person, while λούομαι is used of bathing, πλύνω of washing clothes, etc.; but νίζω is sts. used of things,

σπόγγοισι . . τραπέζας νίζον Od.1.112

;

[δέπας] ἔνιψ' ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥοῇσι Il.16.229

;

ὕδατι νίζειν . . πλίνθον Theoc.16.62

.—[dialect] Att. Prose writers use the word only in compds., v. ἀπο-, ἐναπο-, ἐκ-νίζω. (Cf. OIr. nigid, Skt. nénekti 'wash', niktá- 'washed', Gr. ἀ-νιπτό-ποδες, χέρνιβα, I.-E. nig[uglide]-.)