The corpus record

ἐκνίζω

eknizo

wash out, purge away

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
On the Crown 1 · 0.51/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἐκνίζω · eknizō — LSJ

wash out, purge away, wash off from oneself

wash out, purge away, φόνον φόνῳ E. IT 1224; of crimes, Pl. Ep. 352c :—Med., wash off from oneself, οὐδέποτε ἐκνίψει τὰ πεπραγμένα σαυτῷ D. 18.140; τὰ ἔθη γυναικῶν Ph. 1.365; ἄγος φόνου Paus. 3.17.7; τὸ θνητόν Plu. Vitios. 2.499c.

b washed away

ἐκνενιμμένοι τόποι washed away, POxy. 1469.6 (iii A.D.).

II wash clean, purify, restore to clarity

wash clean, purify, ψυχήν AP 14.74 : metaph., restore to clarity, τὴν αἴσθησιν Aret. CA 2.3 :—Pass., ἐκνενιμμένη, of a cup, Eub. 56.5; ἐκνιφθεὶς ὁ στόμαχος Philum. ap. Aët. 9.3.

In the wild

ἔκνισε · eknise Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 936)
ἐκνίψει · eknipsei Demosthenes, On the Crown 140 (DIORISIS sentence 415)
ἔκνιζε · eknize Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 330 (DIORISIS sentence 132)
ἐκνίψω · eknipsō Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 765)
ἔκνιζε · eknize Herodotus, Histories 6.62.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6524)
ἔκνιζε · eknize Herodotus, Histories 7.12.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7159)

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