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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhrnikʷs (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀐𐀛𐀣 (ke-ni-qa, accusative)), equivalent to χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + νίζω (nízō, “to wash”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰér.nips/ → /ˈçer.nips/ → /ˈçer.nips/
Noun
χέρνιψ • (khérnips) f (genitive χέρνῐβος); third declension
- water for washing the hands (especially before sacrifices)
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Further reading
- “χέρνιψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χέρνιψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χέρνιψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χέρνιψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.