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ἀπογυμνόω

ἀπογυμνόω, to strip quite bare

ἀπογυμν-όω,
  • strip bare, esp. of arms: hence, in Pass., μή σʼ ἀπογυμνωθέντα κακὸν καὶ ἀνήνορα θήῃ Od. 10.301; ἀπογυμνωθείς with the person exposed, Hes. Op. 730; ἀ. τινά vanquish, Thphr. Char. 7.4:— Med., strip oneself, X. Mem. 3.4.1; ἀπογυμνοῦσθαι τὰ ἱμάτια strip off oneʼs clothes, Arist. Pr. 866a21:—Pass., τῆς σχέσεως Them. in Ph. 26.8.
      • 2 metaph., lay open, reveal, explain, Paus. 4.22.4, App. BC 1.57; σόφισμα Jul. Mis. 357c.
      • 3 Pass., become visible, of land from the sea, Str. 1.1.20.

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