χέρνιψ

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰér.nips/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰer.nips/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçer.nips/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçer.nips/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçer.nips/

Noun

χέρνιψ • (khérnips) f (genitive χέρνῐβος); third declension

water for washing the hands (especially before sacrifices)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ χέρνῐψ; τῆς χέρνῐβος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χέρνῐψ hē khérnĭps	τὼ χέρνῐβε tṑ khérnĭbe	αἱ χέρνῐβες hai khérnĭbes
Genitive	τῆς χέρνῐβος tês khérnĭbos	τοῖν χερνῐ́βοιν toîn khernĭ́boin	τῶν χερνῐ́βων tôn khernĭ́bōn
Dative	τῇ χέρνῐβῐ tēî khérnĭbĭ	τοῖν χερνῐ́βοιν toîn khernĭ́boin	ταῖς χέρνῐψῐ / χέρνῐψῐν taîs khérnĭpsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν χέρνῐβᾰ tḕn khérnĭbă	τὼ χέρνῐβε tṑ khérnĭbe	τᾱ̀ς χέρνῐβᾰς tā̀s khérnĭbăs
Vocative	χέρνῐψ khérnĭps	χέρνῐβε khérnĭbe	χέρνῐβες khérnĭbes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

χερνιβεῖον (khernibeîon)
χερνίβιον (kherníbion)
χέρνιβον (khérnibon)
χερνιβόξεστον (khernibóxeston)
χέρνιμμα (khérnimma)
χερνίπτομαι (kherníptomai)