λόω
λόω , contr. [see λούω ]
❶ act. to wash Hom. 3.120 Aristoph. Pl. 657 etc. | λό’ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο she washed me, drawing water from an urn placed on a great tripod Od. 10.361
❷ mid. to wash oneself Hes. Op. 749 Aristoph. Av. 1623 Xen. Cyr. 4.5.4 etc. | λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι to bathe in the streams of a river Od. 6.216
❸ pass. to be bathed: λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός to be bathed by rain Hdt. 3.124.1, 125.4
● mid. λοῦμαι, 3. sg. λοῦται Xen. Cyr. 1.3.11, 3. pl.λοῦνται Hdt. 1.198 | inf. λόεσθαι Hes. Op. 749 λοῦσθαι Od. 6.216 etc. (usu.) | ptc. λούμενος ‖ impf. 3. sg. λόε Od. 10.361, 1. pl. ἐλοῦμεν Aristoph. Pl. 657, 3. pl. λόον Hom. 3.120; mid. ἐλούμην Men. fr. 264.2, 3. pl. ἐλοῦντο Dor. λῶντο Callim. H. 5.72 λώοντο ibid. 73 NB often confused with λούω in contracted forms.
❶ act. to wash Hom. 3.120 Aristoph. Pl. 657 etc. | λό’ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο she washed me, drawing water from an urn placed on a great tripod Od. 10.361
❷ mid. to wash oneself Hes. Op. 749 Aristoph. Av. 1623 Xen. Cyr. 4.5.4 etc. | λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι to bathe in the streams of a river Od. 6.216
❸ pass. to be bathed: λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός to be bathed by rain Hdt. 3.124.1, 125.4
● mid. λοῦμαι, 3. sg. λοῦται Xen. Cyr. 1.3.11, 3. pl.
λόω, c. λούω ||
➳ Act. impf. 3 sg. λόε, Od. 10, 361 ; λόον, Hh. Ap. 120. — Moy. prés. inf. poét. λόεσθαι, Hés. O. 749 ; impf. 3 pl. dor. λῶντο, Call. L. Pall. 72, et λώοντο, 73.
λόω, s. λούω.