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ἀπολούω

ἀπολούω, to wash off

ἀπο-λούω,
    • I c. acc. rei, wash off, λούειν ἄπο βρότον Il. 14.7:—Med., ὄφρʼ . . ἅλμην ὤμοιϊν ἀπολούσομαι that I may wash the brine from off my shoulders, Od. 6.219; of baptism, ἀ. τὰς ἁμαρτίας Act.Ap. 22.16.
      • 2 c. acc. pers., wash clean, Ar. V. 118 (ἀπέλου for ἀπέλοε, v. λούω), Pl. Cra. 405b, 406a:—Med., wash away from oneself, λούσασθαι ἄπο βρότον αἱματόεντα Il. 23.41; τὸ σῶμα ἀπελούετο Longus 1.13: in archaic style, ἀπολούμενος Luc. Lex. 2, cf. Ath. 3.97e, 98a.
      • 3 c. acc. pers. et rei, ὄφρα τάχιστα Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον might wash the gore off him, Il. 18.345: c. gen. rei, καί μʼ ἀπέλουσε λύθρου Epigr.Gr. 314.6 (Smyrna).
      • 4 ἀπολουσέμεναι· κολ[λ]οβώσειν (Cypr.), Hsch.; cf. ἀπολέπω.

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