COMPOUND: χέρνιψ, -βος
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘water for washing the hands’
ETYMOLOGY: noun root χερ- (χείρ) ‘hand’ + verbal root νιβ- (νίζω) ‘wash the hands or feet’ + noun suf. -ς
OCCURRENCE: Od. I, 136; III, 440, 445; IV, 52; VII, 172; X, 368; XV, 135;; XVII, 91.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. f. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: in Hom. always in acc. sg.