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; Ep. νίψα Od. 19.505:—Med., νίζομαι Hp. (v. supr.): impf. νίζετο Od. 6.224: fut. νίψομαι (v. ἀπο-, ἐκ-νίζω), late νιφήσομαι LXXLe. 15.12: aor. ἐνιψάμην; Ep. 3sg. νίψατο Il. 16.230: pf. νένιμμαι (v. infr.): aor. Pass. ἐνίφθην (κατ-) Hp. Prorrh. 2.23:—A. 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-.)