λούω

λούω, contr. from λοέω, from which come impf. λόεον Od. 4.252: aor. inf. λοέσσαι 19.320; part. λοέσσας Il. 23.282: fut. Med. λοέσσομαι Od. 6.221: 3sg. aor. λοέσσατο ib. 227; λοεσσάμενος Il. 10.577, Schwyzer 633 (Eresus, ii/i B. C.): also Ep. impf. ἐλούεον h.Cer. 289.—Later forms, λούει Hdt. 6.52; inf. λούειν Hp. Morb. 2.20, Pl. Phd. 115a: fut. λούσω Call. Del. 95; Dor. λουσῶ Theoc. 5.146: aor. ἔλουσα Anacr. 47, S. Ant. 901, Ar. Lys. 19 (Ep. λοῦσα Il. 16.679, etc.):—Med. λούονται Hdt. 4.75; inf. λούεσθαι Il. 6.508, Hp. Epid. 5.70; part. λουόμενοι Hdt. 3.23: fut. λούσομαι Ar. Nu. 837, Pl. Phd. 116a: aor. ἐλουσάμην ibid.; Ep. λούσαντο Il. 10.576; Dor. part. λωσάμενος Berl.Sitzb. 1927.157 (Cyrene): —Pass., aor. ἐλούθην Hp. Mul. 1.11, later ἐλούσθην Lyc. 446: pf. λέλουμαι, 3sg. λέλουται Ar. Pax 868; part. λελουμένος Il. 5.6, later λέλουσμαι LXX Ca. 5.12 (cod. Vat.).—Another old form of the pres. was λόω, whence 3sg. λόει Scol. 25, 2sg. Med. κατα-λόει Ar. Nu. 838 (prob.): 3sg. impf. λόε Od. 10.361, 3pl. λόον h.Ap. 120; 3sg. subj. Med. λόηται IG 12(5).569.5 (Ceos, iii B.C.); inf. λόεσθαι Hes. Op. 749:—to λόω also belong the foll. contr. forms, 3sg. impf. ἀπ-έλου Ar. V. 118, ἐλοῦμεν Id. Pl. 657; pres. Pass. λοῦται Semon. 7.63, X. Cyr. 1.3.11, A. Fr. 366 (note); λοῦνται, ἐλοῦτο, Hdt. 1.198, 3.125, ἐλούμην Men. 363; 3pl. ἐλοῦντο X. Cyr. 4.5.4, etc. (Dor. λῶντο, λώοντο, Call. Lav.Pall. 72, 73); inf. λοῦσθαι Od. 6.216, Hdt. 3.124, Ar. Nu. 1044, Pl. Lg. 942b; part. λούμενος Ar. Av. 1623, Pl. 658, X. Mem. 3.13.3: the forms ἐλούομεν, λούομαι, ἐλουόμην, etc., are rejected by Phryn. 165, but are freq. found in codd., Lys. 1.9, etc.: the imper. form λοῦ (glossed by λοῦσαι, Hsch.), if correct, is contr. for λόε: (Cf. Lat. lǎvo [fr. *lovo]): —

• wash, prop. wash the body (νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes), τὸν δʼ Ἥβη λοῦσεν Il. 5.905; δμῳαὶ λοῦσαν καὶ χρῖσαν ἐλαίῳ Od. 4.49, cf. 6.210; λοῦσʼ ἐν ποταμῷ bathed me, i.e. let me bathe, 7.296; τίς ἄν σφε λούσειεν; A. Th. 739 (lyr.); λούσαντες τὸν νεκρόν Hdt. 2.86, cf. E. Tr. 1152, S. Ant. 901; λ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν Act.Ap. 16.33; also λ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο washed me [with water] from a great cauldron, Od. 10.361; ὀϊστοὺς λοῦσεν φοινίσσᾳ . . Ἄρης ψακάδι Simon. 106: c. acc. cogn., λουτρὸν λοῦσαί τινα, v. λουτρόν I.2.
• • • • b rarely of things, λ. τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ βαλανείου PFlor. 384.30 (v A.D.).
    • 2 metaph., purify, τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν v.l. in Apoc. 1.5.
  • II Med. and Pass., bathe, λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι Od. 6.216: also c. gen., λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο (of a star just risen) fresh from Oceanʼs bath, Il. 5.6; λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο bathe in the river, 6.508; so ἀπὸ [κρήνης] λουόμενοι Hdt. 3.23: c. acc. cogn., τὸ λουτρὸν ἡ Ῥέα λοῦται Arr. Tact. 33.4: abs., λούσαντο Od. 4.48, cf. Hdt. 5.20, etc.; λελουμένος freshbathed, after bathing, Id. 1.126, Ar. Lys. 1064 (lyr.); ἐν βαλανείῳ λελουμένος Pl. R. 495e; λούεσθαι ἐν πηλῷ Arist. HA 595a31; εἰς λουτρῶνας Ptol.Euerg. 3 J. (dub.): metaph., τόξα . . αἵματι λουσάμενα Simon. 143, cf. Call. Del. 95; λελουμένος τῷ φόνῳ Luc. DMeretr. 13.3.
  • • 2 in strict pass. sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i.e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, Hdt. 3.124, 125.
    • 3 in strict med. sense, c. acc., λοέσσασθαι χρόα wash oneʼs body, Hes. Op. 522, Th. 5; λούονται (v.l. λοῦνται) ὕδατι τὸ σῶμα Hdt. 4.75.

λούω [cf. Lat. lavo, Hitt. laḫḫuwai] impf. ἔλουον, mid. ἐλουόμην ‖ fut. λούσω, mid. λούσομαι ‖ aor. ἔλουσα, mid. ἐλουσάμην ‖ pf. act. (rar.) λέλουκα, mid. pass. λέλουμαι ‖ ppf. mid. pass. (ἐ)λελούμην ‖ aor. pass. ἐλού(σ)θην

❶ act. to wash, usu. the body, rar. things Il. 5.905 Od. 4.49, 6.210, al. Hp. Morb. 2.20 Aeschl. Sept. 739 etc. | λοῦσαι νεκρόν to wash a corpse Il. 18.350, al. Hdt. 2.86.6; θανόντας αὐτόχειρ ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ἔλουσα with my hands I have washed your corpses Soph. Ant. 901 | with int. acc. λουτρόν: λοῦσαί τινα λουτρόν to give s.o. a bath Soph. Ant. 1201 Aristoph. Lys. 469 | μ’ Ἔρως … χειμερίῃ ἔλουσεν ἐν χαράδρῃ Eros has immersed me in a wintry stream Anacr. 25.2 | with a view to ritual purification VT Exod. 29.4, al. ‖ Christ. to baptize Iustin. Apol. 1.65, al. etc. | to purify spiritually Clem. Paed. 3.9.47.3 etc.; λούσαντι (v.l. λύσαντι) ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν who has purified us of sins NT Rev. 1.5 ‖ extens. to bathe, smear: αἵματι with blood Callim. H. 4.95 Phil.² Legat. 235

❷ mid. to wash oneself, bathe oneself Long. 1.12.6, al.; ποταμοῖο in the water of a river Il. 6.508; Ὠκεανοῖο in the Ocean Il. 5.6; ἀπὸ κρήνης with the water of a spring Hdt. 3.23.2; ἐν βαλανείῳ in a bath Plat. Rp. 495e; θερμῷ λούσασθαι to take a hot bath Xen. Mem. 3.13.3; ἐλούετο δὲ καὶ εἰς τοὺς κοινοὺς λουτρῶνας he also went to bathe in the public baths Ath. 10.438e; οὐ γὰρ δὴ λούονται ὕδατι τὸ παράπαν τὸ σῶμα they do not wash their bodies in water at all Hdt. 4.75.2 | to purify oneself from contamination VT Lev. 14.8, al. ‖ Christ. to be baptized AAp. PTh. 34 (p. 260.6) etc. ‖ to bathe, be smeared: αἵματι with blood Sim. (AP 6.2.4); δακρύοις with tears Lyc. 371; ἐπανῆλθον … λελουμένος τῷ φόνῳ I turned back in a bloodbath Luc. DMer. 13.3

● epic impf. 3. pl. ἐλούεον Hom. 2.289 ‖ Dor. fut. λουσῶ Theocr. 5.146.

λούω, alt λοέω, von dem sich bei Hom. noch der aor. λοέσσαι, λοέσσας findet, wie med. λοέσσατο, λοεσσάμενος, u. fut. λοέσσομαι, perf. λέλουμαι, λελουμένος, Il. 5.6, wie Ar. Lys. 1066. – Das praes. med. att. synkopiert λοῦμαι, λούμενος, Ar. Plut. 658 ; aber λουόμενος Xen. Mem. 3.13.3, Hell. 7.2.22 Aesch. ep. 10.5 ; λούεσθαι, Lys. 1.9 ; λοῦσθαι, schon Od. 6.216 u. Ar. Nub. 1027 ; vgl. Lobeck zu Phryn. 189 ; auch im act. ἔλου, ἐλοῦμεν, für ἔλουε u. ἐλούομεν, z.B. Ar. Plut. 657, Vesp. 118. Die Form λόε, Od. 10.361, u. λόον, H.h. Apoll. 120, sind als aor.2 zu betrachten, u. eben so scheint Hes. O. 751 λοέσθαι als aor. med. zu betonen. Im Scol. 22 bei Ath. XV.695e steht λόει, als praes. richtiger λοεῖ zu akzent.; aor. pass. λουσθείς, Lycophr. 446 ; Wurzel ΛΥ – ΛΟF;
baden, waschen ; bei Hom. gew. von Menschen, δμωαὶ λοῦσαν καὶ χρῖσαν ἐλαίῳ, Od. 4.49, λοῦσʼ ἐν ποταμῷ, 7.296, λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσιν, 6.216, εἰωθὼς λούεσθαι ἐϋρρεῖος ποταμοῖο, Il. 6.508, wie λοεσσάμενος ποταμοῖο, 21.560, sich im Flusse baden ; λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο, 5.6 ; ἐς ἀσαμίνθους βάντες ἐϋξέστας λούσαντο, Od. 4.48 ; u. mit einem accus., λοέσσασθαι χρόα, sich den Leib waschen, Hes. O. 524, Th. 5 ; einmal von den Mähnen der Pferde, Il. 23.282 ; vom Waschen der Kleider aber wird πλύνω gesagt (vgl. auch νίζω); – τίς ἄν σφε λούσειεν ; Aesch. Spt. 721 ; αὐτόχειρ ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ἔλουσα κἀκόσμησα Soph. Ant. 892 ; ἔλουσα νεκρόν Eur. Troad. 1152 ; ἀπὸ κρήνης λούεσθαι, Her. 3.23 ; γυμνάζεσθαι καὶ λοῦσθαι, Plat. Legg. XII.942b ; ἐν βαλανείῳ λελουμένος, Rep. VI.495e ; Xen. u. Folgde. Nach der gew. Vrbdg ἐς βαλανεῖον ἦλθε λουσόμενος, Ar. Nub. 837, sagen Sp. λούεσθαι εἰς λουτρῶνας, Ath. X.438e ; λούεσθαι ἐν πηλῷ, vom Schweine, Arist. H.A. 8.6.
Uebertr., αἵματι, sich im Blute baden, sp.D., φάσγανον αἵματος ὄμβρῳ Tryphiod. 20 ; vgl. Nonn. D. 15.350, 32.238 ; λελουμένος τῷ φόνῳ Luc. D. meretr. 13.3.

†λούω

(λόϝω)

[λοϝ-. Cf. L. lavo.]

3 sing. aor. λοῦσε Il. 5.905, Il. 16.679 : Od. 3.464, 466, Od. 7.296, Od. 10.364, 450, Od. 23.154, Od. 24.366.

3 pl. λοῦσαν Il. 18.350, Il. 24.587 : Od. 4.49, Od. 8.364, Od. 17.88.

3 sing. subj. λούσῃ Il. 14.7.

3 pl. opt. λούσειαν Il. 18.345.

Imp. λοῦσον Il. 16.669.

Pl. λούσατε Od. 6.210.

Nom. sing. fem. pple. λούσασα Od. 5.264.

Infin. λοῦσαι Il. 24.582.

3 sing. aor. λόε (λόϝε) Od. 10.361.

Infin. mid. λούεσθαι Il. 6.508, Il. 15.265. λοῦσθαι Od. 6.216.

3 pl. aor. λούσαντο Il. 10.576 : Od. 4.48, Od. 17.87, Od. 23.142.

3 sing. opt. λούσαιτο Od. 24.254.

Imp. pl. λούσασθε Od. 23.131.

Infin. λούσασθαι Il. 23.41 : Od. 8.449.

Pf. pple. λελουμένος Il. 5.6. From λοέω (λοϝέω) impf. λόεον Od. 4.252.

Aor. pple. λοέσσας Il. 23.282.

Infin. λοέσσαι Od. 19.320.

Fut. mid. (or aor. subj.) λοέσσομαι Od. 6.221.

3 sing. aor. λοέσσατο Od. 6.227.

Pple. λοεσσάμενος, -η Il. 10.577, Il. 21.560 : Od. 1.310, Od. 6.96, Od. 8.427. (ἀπο-)

• • 1

    To wash the body of, cause to bathe : Τηλέμαχον λοῦσε Πολυκάστη Od. 3.464. Cf. Il. 5.905 : Od. 4.49, Od. 5.264, Od. 6.210, Od. 8.364, Od. 19.320, Od. 23.154, etc.

    In reference to cleansing a corpse Il. 16.669, 679, Il. 18.350, Il. 24.582, 587.

    In reference to horses : λοέσσας [ἵππους] ὕδατι Il. 23.282.

  • 2

    With ἀπό, to wash away or off : εἰς ὅ κε λούσῃ ἄπο βρότον Il. 14.7.

    With double acc. of what is cleansed and of what is washed away : ὄφρα Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον Il. 18.345.

  • 3

    In mid., to wash one’s body, bathe oneself : ἐς ἀσαμίνθους βάντες λούσαντο Il. 10.576, λοεσσάμενος ποταμοῖο (genit. of space or material, in the ...) Il. 21.560. Cf. Il. 10.577: Od. 1.310, Od. 4.48, Od. 6.96, Od. 8.427, Od. 23.131, Od. 24.254, etc.

    Of a horse : εἰωθὼς λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο Il. 6.508=Il. 15.265.

    Fig. of a star : λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο Il. 5.6.

  • 4

    In mid., with ἀπό, to wash away or off from one’s body : λούσασθαι ἄπο βρότον Il. 23.41.

λούω , λοέω (cf. lavo), ipf. λοῦον, λόʼ (λόϝε), aor. λοῦσʼ(εν), subj. λούσῃ, imp. λόεσον, λούσατε, inf. λοέ(σ)σαι, part. λοέσᾱσα, mid. pres. inf. λούεσθαι, λοῦσθαι, fut. λοέσσομαι, aor. λοέσσατο, λούσαντο, etc., pass. perf. part. λελουμένος: bathe, wash, mid., bathe, get washed. Il. 6.508; fig., of the rising of Sirius, λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο, ‘after his bath in Ocean,’ Il. 5.6.

λούω

• • Ito wash another, properly, to wash his body (νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes), Hom.; λούσατε ἐν ποταμῶι bathe him, i. e. let him bathe, Od.:—also, λόʼ ἐκ τρίποδος washed me [with water] from a caldron, Od.
  • IIMid. and Pass. to bathe, c. gen., λελουμένος ) Ὠκεανοῖο (of a star just risen), fresh from Oceanʼs bath, Il.;so, λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο to bathe [in water] of the river, Hom.; so, ἀπὸ κρήνης λούμενος Hdt.:—absol., λούσαντο Od., etc.; λελουμένος fresh-bathed, after bathing, Hdt.; ἦλθε λουσόμενος (Hor., ire lavatum), Ar.
  • • 2in strict pass. sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i. e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, Hdt.
    • 3in strict mid. sense, λοέσσασθαι χρόα to wash oneʼs body, Hes.