1. to wash the hands or feet of another, (Odyssey by Homer):—;Mid. χεῖρας νίψασθαι to wash one's hands, (Iliad by Homer); so, νίψασθαι, absolute, to wash one's hands , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.; νίψασθαι ἁλός to wash [with water] from the sea, (Odyssey by Homer)

2. generally to purge, cleanse , (Sophocles Tragicus)

3. to wash off , ἱδρῶ νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός washed off the sweat from the skin, (Iliad by Homer); αἷμα νίζ᾽ ὕδατι (Iliad by Homer):—;Mid. χρόα νίζετο ἅλμην he washed the brine off his skin, (Odyssey by Homer):—;Pass. αἷμα νένιπται (Iliad by Homer)—;The word is commonly said of persons washing part of the person, while λούομαι is used of bathing , πλύνω of washing clothes . (ML)