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λωβάω

λωβάω , contr. [λώβη] impf. mid. pass. ἐλωβώμην ‖ fut. λωβήσω Epiph. Haer. 69.25.1, mid. λωβήσομαι ‖ aor. act. (rar.) ἐλώβησα, mid. ἐλωβησάμην ‖ pf. (δια)λελώβηκα Mich.1 in E.N. 503.22, mid. pass. λελώβημαι ‖ ppf. mid. pass. (ἐ)λελωβήμην ‖ aor. ἐλωβήθην

❶ rar. act. to damage, consume [Phoc.] 38 Phil.2 Cont. 55

❷ mid. to mistreat, offend, outrage, abs. Il. 1.232 | with acc.: ἀρτάναισι λωβᾶται βίον she takes her life with a noose Soph. Ant. 54; λώβην λ. τινα to cause s.o an outrage Il. 13.623 | rar. with dat. Aristoph. Eq. 1408 ‖ to mock, scorn Hsch. ‖ to dishonor, corrupt: εὔνιδας wives Eur. Or. 920 ‖ to mutilate Hdt. 3.155.1; ἑωυτὸν λωβᾶται λώβην ἀνήκεστον he inflicted an incurable disfigurement upon himself Hdt. 3.154.2 ‖ to damage, ruin with dat. Plat. Crit. 47e | with acc. Plat. Prot. 318d Theocr. 5.109 Aristot. Pol. 1258b 37 etc. | to devastate, plunder: πόλιν a city Pol. 4.54.2

❸ pass. to be mutilated Hdt. 3.155.1 etc. ‖ to be damaged Plat. Gorg. 511a, Rp. 611b

● Ion. λωβέομαι Hp. Art. 35 λωβεῦμαι Herond. 3.69 ‖ Dor. impf. 3. sg. ἐλωβῆτο Sophr. 20 ‖ epic aor. mid. λωβησάμην.

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