νίζω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νίπτω (níptō, backformation from the aorist)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *niďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-ye-, from *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Compare Proto-Germanic *nikwes, Old English nicor, German Nix.

Verb

νίζω • (nízō)

  1. to wash the hands or feet of another
  2. to purge, cleanse
  3. to wash off
    Νίψον ἀνομήματα, μὴ μόναν ὄψιν. ― Nípson anomḗmata, mḕ mónan ópsin. ― Wash the sins, not only the face.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀπονίζω (aponízō)
  • ἐκνίζω (eknízō)
  • ἐναπονίζω (enaponízō)
  • νῐ́ψῐς (nípsis)

References

  • “νίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “νίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “νίζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • νίζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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