καινίζω,
(καινός) properly make new or strange, but usually in derivation senses, καί τι καινίζει στέγη the house has something new, strange about it, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 867 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. εὐχάς offer new, strange prayers, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 889 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισαν (corr. Blomf. for ᾧ σ᾽ ἐκαίνισαν) how they devised a new, strange net, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 492; ὅστις τόνδ᾽ ἐκαίνισεν λόγον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 598 (= 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 21 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so later, innovate, καθολικόν τι καινίζειν [[ “OGI” 669.47:] Refs] —passive [[, [prev. work]62 (Egvpt, 1st c.AD), 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 7.1 “2 Ep.”; πολλὰ τῷ βίῳ κ. 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 270.27 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; in Poets, especially use for the first time, handsel, καίνισον ζυγόν try on thy new yoke, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1071 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρῶτος τὸν ταῦρον ἐκαίνισεν first handseled the bull [of Perilaus], [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 119 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. δόρυ first to feel the spear, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 530. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]