νίζω

νίζω, Epich. [273]; imper. νίζε Il. 11.830; inf. νίζειν Od. 19.374; part. νίζων Il. 7.425, E. IT 1338: Ep. impf. νίζον Od. 1.112, Il. 11.846:— the pres. 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 Med. νίπτομαι Mul. 1.57 (but δια-νιζέσθω ib. 84, περι-νιζέσθω ib. 2.158): fut. νίψω Od. 19.376, E. IT 255: aor. ἔνιψα Id. Sthen. Prol. 25 [18 HD]; Ep. νίψα Od. 19.505:—Med., νίζομαι Hp. (v. supr.): impf. νίζετο Od. 6.224: fut. νίψομαι (v. ἀπο-, ἐκ-νίζω), late νιφήσομαι LXX Le. 15.12: aor. ἐνιψάμην; Ep. 3 sg. νίψατο Il. 16.230: pf. νένιμμαι (v. infr.): aor. Pass. ἐνίφθην (κατ-) Hp. Prorrh. 2.23:—

• wash the hands or feet (v. sub fin.), νίζε δʼ ἄρʼ ἆσσον ἰοῦσα ἄναχθʼ 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.:—Med., νίψατο δʼ αὐτὸς χεῖρας Il. 16.230, cf. Hes. Op. 739; νίψασθαι, abs., to wash oneʼs hands, Od. 1.138, etc.; χεῖρας νίψασθαι ἁλός [with water] from the sea, 2.261 (v. infr. II); νίψασθαι λίμνης πόδα Hes. Fr. 122; οὔρῳ νιψάμενος τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt. 2.111.
• • • 2 generally, purge, cleanse, νίψαι καθαρμῷ S. OT 1228, cf. E. IT 1191.
  • II wash off, ἐπεί σφιν κῦμα θαλάσσης ἱδρῶ . . νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός Il. 10.575; ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ δʼ αἷμα κελαινὸν νίζʼ ὕδατι λιαρῷ 11.830, 846; φόνον ἐμῆς ἔνιψε χειρός E. Sthen. l.c.:—Pass., αἷμα νένιπται Il. 24.419:—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] ἔνιψʼ ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥοῇσι Il. 16.229; ὕδατι νίζειν . . πλίνθον Theoc. 16.62.—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. nigṷ-.)

νίζω, = νίπτω, wovon es auch fut. u. die anderen tempp. entlehnt, νίψω, νένιμμαι, waschen, abwaschen ; σπόγγοισι τραπέζας, Od. 1.112 ; ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ δʼ αἷμα νίζʼ ὕδατι λιαρῷ, Il. 11.830 ; oft med., ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο, er wusch sich den Leib ab, Od. 6.224 ; σφὶν κῦμα θαλάσσης ἱδρῶ πολλὸν νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός, Il. 10.575 ; αἷμα νίζειν ἀπό τινος, 11.830, 846 ; pass., αἷμα νένιπται, 24.419 ; mit doppeltem acc., σὲ πόδας νίψω, Od. 19.376 u. öfter ; med., νίψατο δʼ αὐτὸς χεῖρας, er wusch sich die Hände, Il. 16.230, öfter, am häufigsten Hände u. Füße waschen, auch ohne Zusatz, Od. 1.138, 4.54 ; νίψασθαι ἁλός, sich aus dem Meere waschen, 2.261 ; selten von Sachen, Il. 16.229. – Abwaschen, reinigen, d.i. entfühnen, οἶμαι γὰρ οὔτʼ ἂν Ἴστρον οὔτε Φᾶσιν ἂν νίψαι καθαρμῷ τήνδε τὴν στέγην, Soph. O.R. 1228 ; φόνον νίζουσα, Eur. I.T. 1338 ; ἔνιψεν αὐτῶν σφαγάς, Suppl. 765 ; ἁγνοῖς καθαρμοῖς νιν νίψαι θέλω, I.T. 1191 ; u. med., ὀρειᾶν πιδάκων νίψαντο σώματʼ ἐν ῥοαῖς, Andr. 284 ; sprichwörtlich wie bei uns ἁ χεὶρ τὰν χεῖρα νίζει, Epicharm. bei Plat. Ax. 366c. – Ausgießen, οἶνον νιζέτω εἰς ἔδαφος, Ion bei Ath. XI.463b.

νίζω

Fut. νίψω Od. 19.376.

3 sing. νίψει Od. 19.356.

3 sing. aor. ἔνιψε Il. 16.229. νίψε Il. 10.575 : Od. 19.505.

Aor. νίψον Od. 19.358.

3 sing. aor. mid. νίψατο Il. 16.230.

Pple. νιψάμενος Il. 24.305 : Od. 2.261, Od. 12.336.

Pl. νιψάμενοι Od. 10.182.

Infin. νίψασθαι Od. 1.138, Od. 4.54, Od. 7.174, Od. 10.370, Od. 15.137, Od. 17.93.

3 sing. pf. pass. νένιπται Il. 24.419.

(ἀπο-, ἐξαπο-.)

• • 1

    To wash, cleanse: σπόγγοισι τραπέζας νίξον Od. 1.112. Cf. Il. 16.229.

  • 2

    To wash the feet of : νίψον σοῖο ἄνακτος ὁμήλικα Od. 19.358. Cf. Od. 19.374, 392, 505.

    With double acc. of person and part : ἥ σε πόδας νίψει Od. 19.356. Cf. Od. 19.376.

  • 3

    To wash away or off : ἐπεί σφιν κῦμα θαλάσσης ἱδρῶ νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός Il. 10.575. Cf. Il. 11.830, 846, Il. 24.419.

    With ἀπό, off: ὕδατι νίζοντες ἄπο βρότον Il. 7.425.

  • 4

    In mid., to wash (one’s hands) : νίψατο αὐτὸς χεῖρας Il. 16.230 : χεῖρας νιψάμενος ἁλός (genit. of material, in the . . . ) Od. 2.261. Cf. Od. 10.182, Od. 12.336.

    To wash (one’s body).

    With second acc. of what is washed away or off : χρόα νίζετο ἅλμην Od. 6.224.

    To wash one’s hands: νιψάμενος κύπελλον ἐδέξατο Il. 24.305. Cf. Od. 1.138 = Od. 4.54 = Od. 7.174 = Od. 10.370 = Od. 15.137 = Od. 17.93.

νίζω , imp. νίζ(ε), ipf. νίζον, fut. νίψω, aor. νίψα, mid. ipf. νίζετο, aor. νιψάμην, pass. perf. νένιπται: wash, wash off, mid., oneself or a part of oneself; w. two accusatives, νίψαι τινὰ πόδας, Od. 19.376; mid., χρόα ἅλμην, ‘the brine from his person,’ Od. 6.224; ἁλός, ‘with water from the sea,’ Od. 2.261; pass., Il. 24.419.

νίζω the pres. νίπτω, from which the tenses are formed, only in late writers

• • Ito wash the hands or feet of another, Od.:—Mid., χεῖρας νίψασθαι to wash oneʼs hands, Il., Hes.; so, νίψασθαι, absol., to wash oneʼs hands, Od., etc.; νίψασθαι ἁλός to wash [with water] from the sea, Od.
  • • 2generally to purge, cleanse, Soph., Eur.
  • IIto wash off, ἱδρῶ νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός washed off the sweat from the skin, Il.; αἷμα νίζʼ ὕδατι Il.:—Mid., χρόα νίζετο ἅλμην he washed the brine off his skin, Od.:—Pass., αἷμα νένιπται Il.—The word is commonly said of persons washing part of the person, while λούομαι is used of bathing, πλύνω of washing clothes.