καινίζω, (καινός) prop.
A. make neworstrange, but usu. in deriv. senses,καί τι καινίζει στέγηthe househassomethingnew, strangeabout it, S. Tr. 867 ;κ. εὐχάς offer new, strangeprayers, E. Tr. 889 ;ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισαν(corr. Blomf. forᾧ ς' ἐκαίνισαν) how theydevised a new, strangenet, A. Ch. 492 ; ὅστις τόνδ' ἐκαίνισεν λόγον
E. Fr. 598
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D. ); so later,innovate, καθολικόν τι καινίζειν
OGI 669.47
:— Pass. , ib. 62 (Egvpt,i A. D.), Just. Nov. 7.1
2 Ep.;πολλὰ τῷ βίῳ κ. Vett.Val. 270.27 ; in Poets, esp.use for the first time, handsel,καίνισον ζυγόν try onthynewyoke, A. Ag. 1071 ;πρῶτος τὸν ταῦρον ἐκαίνισενfirsthandseledthe bull [of Perilaus], Call. Fr. 119 ;κ. δόρυ first to feelthe spear, Lyc. 530 .