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strip
subs.
P. τμῆμᾰ, τό, V. σπά̆ραγμα, τό, Ar, τόμος, ὁ.
Hanging themselves with strips made from their clothes:
P. ἐκ τῶν ἱματίων παραιρήματα ποιοῦντες ἀπαγχόμενοι (Thuc. 4, 48).
strip
v. trans.
Bare:
P. and V. γυμνοῦν.
Take clothes off
(from another); Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύειν, P. and V. ἐκδύειν ;
(from oneself): Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄εσθαι, P. and V. ἐκδύεσθαι; see v. intrans.
Strip
(the dead of arms): P. and V. σκῡλεύειν (Eur. Phoen. 1417).
They bade him strip the rose garden of its buds:
P. ἐκέλευον τὴν ῥοδωνίαν βλαστάνουσαν ἐκτίλλειν (Dem. 1251).
Remove:
P. and V. ἀ̆φαιρεῖν, P. περιαιρεῖν.
Stripped of money and allies:
P. περιῃρημένος χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους (Dem. 37).
He stripped all equally of honour, power and freedom:
P. ὁμοίως ἁπάντων τὸ ἀξίωμα, τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν περιείλετο (Dem. 246).
Pl
under: P. and V. σῡλᾶν ; see plunder.
Empty:
P. and V. κενοῦν, ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, ἐκκενοῦν (Plat.), V. ἐκκεινοῦν.
Strip bare:
P. ψιλοῦν, Ar. and V. ἀ̆ποψῑλοῦν.
Deprive:
P. and V. ἀ̆ποστερεῖν, στερεῖν, στερίσκειν ; see rob.
Strip off:
P. περιαιρεῖν.
Strip off the skin:
Ar. and P. δέρειν, ἀ̆ποδέρειν (Xen.), P. and V. ἐκδέρειν (Plat.).
They stripped off the roof:
P. τὸν ὄροφον ἀφεῖλον or διεῖλον.
V. intrans. Take one’s clothes off: P. and V. ἐκδύεσθαι, γυμνοῦσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄εσθαι.Let us strip, sirs, for this business: Ar. ἐπαποδυώμεθʼ, ἄνδρες, τουτῳὶ τῷ πράγματι (Lys. 615).

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