Liddell-Scott-Jones

κιρνάω (kirnaō) to dilute ^G:V

κιρνάω

and κῑονό-ημι, collateral, especially poetry, forms of κεράννυμι, only present and imperfect:— mix wine with water, [κιρνάω) 7.182, 10.356; κίρνη μελιηδέα οἶνον (\_imperfect\_ of κίρνημι) 14.78, 16.52; κιρνὰς αἴθοπα οἶνον (\_participle\_) 16.14 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; κιρνᾷ (variant{κίρναται}) κρητῆρα οἴνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόμπον κιρνάμεν to mix the cup of praise [Refs]infinitive κιρνάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle, κιρνάντες πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect κίρναις (ἐγ-) [Refs 7th c.BC+]: imperfect, ἐκίρνη φάρμακον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, ἴσον ἴσῳ κίρνασθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; participle κιρνάμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect ἐκίρνατο (ἐν-) [Refs]:—passive, ποτὶ μῶμον ἔπαινος κίρναται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ φύσις καὶ τὰ κιρνάμενα ταύτῃ [Refs 1st c.BC+]

__2 flavour by mixing, κρήνη.. οὕτω δή τι ἐοῦσα πικρή, ἣ κιρνᾷ τὸν Ὕπανιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, temper, μαλάττειν καὶ κιρνᾶν τὸ τῆς φύσεως αὔθαδες [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__4 τὸ χρύσιον κέρναν (Aeolic dialect) ὐδαρέστερον alloy it, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —compare ἀνα-, ἐγ-, ἐπι-, συγ-κίρνημι.