Ἀπόνιπτρον
dirty water, washing water
Translated by Jennifer Benedict24 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "just as if they were pouring out dirty water water in the evening." The ancients were accustomed, if ever someone threw out dirty water from the windows, lest one of the passers-by make a fuss, to say "out with it!"1
And they used to saya)poni/yasqai ["to wash off"] after dinner, but before dinner "over the hand".2
And they used to say
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπόνιπτρον· Ἀριστοφάνης· ὥσπερ ἀπόνιπτρον ἐκχέοντες ἑσπέρας. εἰώθασι δὲ οἱ ἀρχαῖοι, εἴ ποτε ἐκχέοιτο ἀπόνιπτρον ἀπὸ τῶν θυρίδων, ἵνα μή τις βραχῇ λέγειν τῶν παριόντων, ἐξίτω. καὶ Ἀπονίψασθαι μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔλεγον, πρὸ τοῦ δείπνου δὲ κατὰ χειρός.