cloth for wiping the hands, towel, napkin
cloth for wiping the hands, towel, napkin, Hdt. 4.64, Ar. Fr. 502, X. Cyr. 1.3.5, PCair.Zen. 87.8, al. (iii B.C.): the Scythians used scalps as χειρόμακτρα, Hdt. l.c.: hence Σκυθιστὶ χ. ἐκκεκαρμένος S. Fr. 473.
II head-cloth
head-cloth, used by women, Sapph. 44, Hecat. 358 J., and perhaps so in Hdt. 2.122, χ. χρύσεον, [Written χειρώμακτρον PRev.Laws 94.4 (iii B.C.), PEnteux. 38.3, 9 (iii B.C.), but χειρόμακτρον PCair.Zen. Il.cc. (iii B.C.): -ω- might be due to ‘contamination’ with the root of ὀμόργ-νυμι.]