λύθρον

λύθρ-ον, τό, or λύθρ-ος, ὁ,

• defilement from blood, gore, Hom., only in dat., λύθρῳ . . παλάσσετο χεῖρας Il. 11.169, 20.503; αἵματι καὶ λύθρῳ πεπαλαγμένος 6.268, Od. 22.402: masc. λύθρος AP 9.323 (Antip.), Ph. ap. Gal. 13.268, Poll. 1.46, M.Ant. 3.3, Jul. Or. 2.71a: the neut. λύθρον only in APl. 16.112: in Medic., of the impure blood in a womanʼs womb, Plu. Am. prol. 2.496b, Es. carn. 2 997a: pl., ἐκ μητρῴων λύθρων Hp. Ep. 17; of blood in general, M.Ant. 2.2; of the venom of the hydra, Euph. 50.2. [ῠ by nature, APl. l.c., Epigr.Gr. 314 (Smyrna).]

λύθρον -ου, τό [see λῦμα] blood mixed with dust or sweat, bloody filth Il. 11.169, 20.503, al. Od. 22.402 Callim. H. 5.7 Hsch. etc.; χαίροντα τῷ λύθρῳ one who delights in bloody filth Luc. DMer. 13.4 ‖ impure blood from a womb, a fetus etc. Plut. Am. prol. 496b, Es. carn.2 997a; pl. Hp. epist. 17 etc. ‖ foaming drool Lyc. 491 ‖ venom Euphor. 50.2 ‖ simply blood (= αἷμα) P.¹ Amb. 42.

λύθρον, τό, En. ad. 294 (Plan. 112), u. λύθρος, ὁ, = λῦμα, Besudelung, Verunreinigung ; λύθρῳ παλάσσετο χεῖρας, mit Mordblut, Il. 20.503, u. αἵματι καὶ λύθρῳ πεπαλαγμένος, Od. 22.402, mit blutgemischtem Staube, Schol. τὸ μετὰ κονιορτοῦ καὶ ἱδρῶτος αἷμα, vgl. Phot.; sp.D., wie Lycophr. 491 ; Man. 1.55 ; auch in Prosa, λύθρου ἐμπεπλησμένος Luc. Tyrannic. 17. Bei Poll. 1.46 vom Saft der Purpurschnecke.
Bei Hippocr. unreines Blut, auch Plut.

λύθρον

-ου, τό.

Gore: λύθρῳ παλάσσετο χεῖρας Il. 11.169. Cf. Il. 6.268, Il. 3.503 : Od. 22.402=Od. 23.48.

λύθρον : properly pollution, then gore (or blood mixed with dust), with and without αἷμα.

λύθρον, ου, τό, λούω

• defilement from blood, gore, Hom., Anth.