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καινίζω

καινίζω, to make new

καινίζω, (καινός) prop.
  • make new or strange, but usu. in deriv. senses, καί τι καινίζει στέγη the house has something new, strange about it, S. Tr. 867; κ. εὐχάς offer new, strange prayers, E. Tr. 889; ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισαν (corr. Blomf. for ᾧ σʼ ἐκαίνισαν) how they devised a new, strange net, A. Ch. 492; ὅστις τόνδʼ ἐκαίνισεν λόγον E. Fr. 598 ( = Critias 21 D.); so later, innovate, καθολικόν τι καινίζειν OGI 669.47:—Pass., ib. 62 (Egypt, i A. D.), Just. Nov. 7.12 Ep.; πολλὰ τῷ βίῳ κ. Vett.Val. 270.27; in Poets, esp. use for the first time, handsel, καίνισον ζυγόν try on thy new yoke, A. Ag. 1071; πρῶτος τὸν ταῦρον ἐκαίνισεν first handseled the bull [of Perilaus], Call. Fr. 119; κ. δόρυ first to feel the spear, Lyc. 530.

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