A.steam and odour of fat which exhales from roasting meat, smell or savour 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, AB1095), 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:—κνίσσα, κνίσση are incorrect forms, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.901, al.
