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Χερνιφθέντα · purified (χ 214) · Suda

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χ210hand-bath
χ211hand-bath
χ212of ewers, of hand-baths
χ213hand-washing, washing hands
χ214purified
χ215Cherronesos, Chersonesos, Chersonese
χ216cherubeim, cherubim, cherub, cherubs
χ217terrestrial
χ218wasteland

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Χερνιφθέντα

purified

Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Mar 2008Vetting: high6 revisions

daily life
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
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religion
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- zoology

2 notes · 21 words

Translation

"[Hair and a hair-pin] purified, along with an ox."¹ Meaning sacrificed.
Also [sc. attested is] xerni/yato, [meaning] they washed their hands.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χερνιφθέντα· σὺν βοῒ χερνιφθέντα. ἀντὶ τοῦ τυθέντα. καὶ Χερνίψατο, τὰς χεῖρας ἔνιψαν.

Betacode

*xernifqe/nta: su\n boi\+ xernifqe/nta. a)nti\ tou= tuqe/nta. kai\ *xerni/yato, ta\s xei=ras e)/niyan.

Notes (2)

The headword (extracted from the quotation) is the aorist passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative plural, of the verb xerni/ptomai ("I wash my hands"). As hand-washing was part of a ritual of religious purification before sacrifices and such, the word by extension also means "to purify". See also chi 210 and chi 213.
1Greek Anthology 6.156.3 (Theodoridas), a dedication to Nymphs; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (191), vol. II (538-539), and further excerpts at kappa 2191 and pi 2162. ↩
2This -- printed by Adler as singular xerni/yato, a slip for xerni/yanto -- is the third person plural, aorist middle/passive indicative, of the same verb, but in an epic form lacking the usual e)- augment; see Hesychius and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.449 (where this form of the word appears: web address 1 below).

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

χ212Χερνίβωνof ewers, of hand-baths χ213Χερνιπτομένουςhand-washing, washing hands χ214Χερνιφθένταpurified χ215ΧερρόνησοςCherronesos, Chersonesos, Chersonese χ216Χερουβείμcherubeim, cherubim, cherub, cherubs

Revision history6 revisions · last 8 May 2023

8 May 2023tweaked link — Catharine Roth
16 May 2022expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
10 Nov 2013 — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2008augmented n.2; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
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19 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χερνιφθέντα (Adler number chi 214), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 19 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/214

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗