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wash
v. trans.
The body:
P. and V. λούειν (or mid.).
Washed:
also V. ἐκλελουμένος (Aesch. Frag.).
Hands and feet:
V. νίζειν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆πονίζειν.
I wash my hands of what has been done:
P. ἀφίσταμαι τῶν πεπραγμένων (Dem. 350).
Wash
(clothes, etc.): Ar. and P. πλύνειν.
Cleanse by washing:
P. and V. ἀ̆πονίζειν (Plat., Ar., and Eur. Tro. 1153), Ar. and P. ἀ̆πολούειν.
Met., cleanse: P. and V. κᾰθαίρειν, ἐκκᾰθαίρειν, V. ἁγνίζειν, νίζειν, Ar. and P. διᾰκᾰθαίρειν.
Wash with silver, etc.
: see overlay.
White-wash:
see white-wash.
Be washed by the sea:
P. περικλύζεσθαι.
In caverns which the dark sea washes with its waves:
V. κατʼ ἄντρʼ ἃ πόντος νοτίδι διακλύζει μέλας (Eur. I.T. 107).
Washed by the sea,
adj.: V. περίρρῠτος (once in Thuc. 4.64), ἁ̆λίρροθος, ἀμφίκλυστος, ἁ̆λίστονος.
Wash ashore,
v.: P. and V. ἐκφέρειν, V. ἐκβάλλειν.
Be washed ashore:
P. and V. ἐκπίπτειν.
Washed ashore,
adj.: V. ἔκβλητος.
Wash away, remove by washing,
v.: P. ἀποπλύνειν.
Inundate:
see inundate.Met., P. and V. ἐκνίζειν (Dem. 274), V. νίζειν, κλύζειν (Eur. I.T. 1193).
Wash out:
Ar. and P. ἐκπλύνειν, P. ἐκκλύζειν.
That can be washed out,
adj.: P. and V. ἔκπλῠτος.
Not to be washed out:
P. δυσέκνιπτος, V. δύσνιπτος.
Of dyes:
P. δευσοποιός.
Wash over:
see inundate.
V. intrans. Bathe: P. and V. λοῦσθαι.
wash
subs.
Bath:
P. and V. λουτρόν, τό.
Swell, wave:
P. and V. κῦμα, τό, Ar. and V. οἶδμα, τό, σά̆λος, ὁ.

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