ἀπονίζω

ἀπονίζω, later ἀπο-νίπτω D.S. 4.59, Plu. Phoc. 18, and once as v.l. in Hom., v. infr.:—

• wash off, ἀπονίψαντες . . βρότον ἐξ ὠτειλῶν Od. 24.18), cf. Il. 7.425 (tm.):—Med., wash off from oneself, ἱδρῶ πολλὸν ἀπονίζοντο θαλάσσῃ ib. 10.572.
• • II wash clean, esp. of the hands and feet, τὴν ἀπονίζουσα φρασάμην I perceived it (the scar) as I was washing his feet, Od. 23.75; ὅταν ἡ θυγάτηρ μʼ ἀπονίζῃ καὶ τὼ πόδʼ ἀλείφῃ Ar. V. 608, cf. Men. Georg. 60; ἓ μὲν ἔφη ἀ. τὸν παῖδα Pl. Smp. 175a:—Med., χρῶτʼ ἀπονίπτεσθαι wash oneʼs body, v.l. in Od. 18.179, cf. 172; χεῖράς τε πόδας τε ib. 22.478: abs., οἷον εἴ τις εἰς πηλὸν ἐμβὰς πηλῷ -νίζοιτο Heraclit. 5; wash oneʼs hands (esp. after meals, cf. Ar.Byz. ap. Ath. 9.408f), Hp. Mul. 1.89; ἐγὼ μὲν ἀποτρέχων ἀπονίψομαι Ar. Av. 1163; ἀπονίψασθαι δοτέον water to wash with, Alex. 250, cf. Antiph. 136; so in pf. Pass., ἀπονενίμμεθʼ Ar. V. 1217; ἀπονενιμμένος Id. Ec. 419; also in late Prose, v. supr.; τῆς κρήνης -νιψάμενος Alciphr. 3.1; but ἀπονίψασθαι τὸ πρόσωπον ἀπὸ τᾶς κράνας IG 4.951.63 (Epid.).
  • • 2 rarely of things, ἀ. τὴν κύλικα Pherecr. 41.

ἀπονίζω, poet. u. Sp. wie Plut. Phoc. 18 auch ἀπονίπτω (s. νίζω), abwaschen, ἀπονίζουσα Od. 23.75 ; ὕδατι νίζοντες ἄπο βρότον Il. 7.425 ; Plat. Symp. 175a ; ἀπονίζῃ Ar. Vesp. 608 ; ἀπονίψατε Od. 19.317 ; ἀπονίψαντες βρότον ἐξ ὠτειλέων 24.189. – Häufiger med., sich reinigen von etwas, χρῶτʼ ἀπονίπτεσθαι Od. 18.179 ; ἱδρῶ πολλὸν ἀπενίζοντο [mit langem ε] Il. 10.572 ; χρῶτʼ ἀπονιψαμένη Od. 18.172 ; ἀπονιψάμενοι χεῖράς τε πόδας τε 22.478 ; oft abs., sich waschen, ἀπονενίμμεθα (nach der Mahlzeit, wie Poll. u. Ath. IX.408f auch bemerken) Ar. Vesp. 1217 ; vgl. Eccl. 419 ; ἀπονίψομαι Av. 1163 ; ἀπονιψάμενος Plat. Symp. 223d, u. Sp.; τὸν πηλὸν ἀπονιψάμενοι τῶν ποδῶν, sich den Schmutz von den Füßen abwaschen, Plut. Symp. 1.2.3 ; τὸν ὕπνον Luc. amor. 44.

ἀπονίζω

[ἀπο- 1, ἀπο- 7.]

Aor. imp. pl. ἀπονίψατε Od. 19.317. Masc. pl. pple. ἀπονίψαντες Od. 24.189.

Fem. pple. mid. ἀπονιψαμένη Od. 18.172. Masc. pl. -οι Od. 22.478.

Pres. infin. mid. in form ἀπονίπτεσθαι Od. 18.179.

• • 1

    To wash off or away Od. 24.189.

  • 2

    To wash (a person) Od. 19.317.

    Absol. Od. 23.75.

  • 3

    In mid.

  • • a

      To wash off or away from a part of one’s person.

      With double acc.: ἱδρῶ κνήμας Il. 10.572.

    • b

      To wash (one’s person or a part thereof): χρῶτʼ ἀπονιψαμένη Od. 18.172. Cf. Od. 18.179, Od. 22.478.

ἀπονίζω (ἀπονίπτω), aor. imp. ἀπονιψατε, part. ἀπονίψαντες, mid. pres. ἀπονίπτεσθαι, aor. ἀπονιψάμενοι: wash off, wash clean, mid., oneself or from oneself; ἀπονίψαντες μέλανα βροτον ἐξ ὠτειλέων, Od. 24.189; ἀλλά μιν, ἀμφίπολοι, ἀπονίψατε, Od. 19.317; χρῶτʼ ἀπονιψαμένη, Od. 18.172; ἱδρῶ πολλὸν ἀπε(¯)νίζοντο θαλάσσῃ, Il. 10.572.

ἀπονίζω

• • Iwash off, ἀπονίψαντες βρότον ἐξ ὠτειλῶν Od.:—Mid. to wash off from oneself, ἱδρῶ ἀπενίζοντο θαλάσσηι Il.
  • IIto wash clean, properly of the hands and feet, ἀπονίζουσα as I was washing his feet, Od.; ὅταν ἀπονίζηι καὶ τὼ πόδʼ ἀλείφηι Ar.:—Mid. to wash oneʼs hands and feet, χεῖράς τε πόδας τε Od.: absol. to wash oneʼs hands, Ar.; perf. pass. ἀπονενίμμεθα Ar.