κνῖσα, Ep.
κνίση[ῑ],ης,ἡ ,
A. steam and odour of fatwhich exhales from roasting meat,smellorsavour of a burnt sacrifice(ἡ λιπαροῦ θυμίασις, opp.λιγνύς, Arist. Mete. 387b6 , cf. 388a5 ); κνίση δ' οὐρανὸν ἷκεν ἑλισσομένη περὶ καπνῷ
Il. 1.317
; κνίσην δ' ἐκ πεδίου ἄνεμοι φέρον οὐρανὸν εἴσω
8.549
, cf. Ar. Av. 193 , 1517 : generally,odour of savoury meat, Id. Ach. 1045 (lyr.), Alex. 261.4 ; αἱ ἐκ τῶν αἱμάτων καὶ σαρκῶν κ.
Porph. Abst. 2.42
; of eructations, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.152 .
II. that which causes this smell, fat caul(cf.κνῖσα: ἐπίπλους, AB 1095 ), in which the flesh of the victim was wrapped and burnt, μηρούς τ' ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν
Il. 1.460
, cf. Od. 18.45 , 119 , etc.; κνίσῃ τε κῶλα συγκαλυπτά
A. Pr. 496