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ἐκδύω

ἐκδύω, to take off, strip off

ἐκδύω (ἐκδύνω Hdt. 1.9, etc.):
    • I causal in pres. ἐκδύω: impf. ἐξέδυον· fut. ἐκδύσω: aor. 1 ἐξέδῡσα: late pf. ἐκδέδῠκα AP 5.72 (Rufin.):— take off, strip off, c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, ἐκ μέν με χλαῖναν ἔδυσαν they stripped me of my cloak, Od. 14.341; ἐκδύων ἐμὲ..ἐσθῆτα A. Ag. 1269; ἐκδύσας αὐτὸν [τὸν χιτῶνα] X. Cyr. 1.3.17: c. acc. only, strip, πάντας ἐ. D. 24.204; ἐξέδυσαν [ἐκεῖνον] Id. 54.8.
      • 2 Pass., ἐκδύομαι, aor. 1 ἐξεδύθην [ῠ]: pf. ἐκδέδῠμαι:—to be stripped of a thing, τὸν χιτωνίσκον ἐκδεδύσθαι Lys. 10.10; [Μαρσύας] τὸ δέπμα ἐκδύεται Palaeph. 47: abs., to be stripped, ἐκδυθῆναι Antipho 2.2.5, cf. Plb. 15.27.9.
      • 3 Med., ἐκδύομαι, Cret. ἐσδ- GDI 5100, fut. -δύσομαι: aor. 1 ἐξεδυσάμην:—strip oneself of a thing, put off, τεύχεά τʼ ἐξεδύοντο they were putting off their armour, Il. 3.114; ἐκδύσασθαι (leg. -δύσεσθαι) τὸν κιθῶνα Hdt. 5.106; ἐκδεδύσθαι θοἰμάτιον D. 54.35; θηρία ἐκδύεται τὸ ἄγριον Plu. Pomp. 28: abs., put off oneʼs clothes, strip, θᾶττον ἐκδυώμεθα Ar. Lys. 686, cf. X. HG 2.4.19; technically, of ephebi, SIG 527.99 (Dreros, iii B.C.), GDI 5100: metaph. of death, 2 Ep.Cor. 5.4.
    • II Act. in med. sense, put off, μαλακὸν δʼ ἔκδυνε χιτῶνα Od. 1.437; ἐκδὺς χλαῖναν 14.460; τῶν ἱματίων κατὰ ἓν ἕκαστον ἐκδύνουσα Hdt. 1.9: metaph., τὸ γῆρας ἐκδύς Ar. Pax 336, cf. Arist. HA 600b15; τὸ κέλυφος ib. 549b25:—Pass., of the clothes, to be put off, ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ Hdt. 1.8.
    • III aor. 2 ἐξέδυν: pf. ἐκδέδῡκα:—go or get out of, c. gen., ἐκδὺς μεγάροιο Od. 22.334; ἐκδὺς καὶ ἀνακύψας τῆς θαλάσσης emerging from.., Pl. Phd. 109d: metaph., ἐξέδυ δίκης E. Supp. 416; ἐκδῦναι κακῶν Id. IT 602.
      • 2 pf. and aor. 2 c. acc., escape, shun, νῶϊν δʼ ἐκδῦμεν ὄλεθρον [grant] us to escape.., Il. 16.99; ἐκδεδυκέναι τὰς λῃτουργίας D. 20.1; τὸν φθόνον ἐκδύς Plu. Pomp. 30; τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐσίαν ἐκδεδυκέναι ταῦτα Plot. 6.6.8.
      • 3 abs., escape, Thgn. 358; escapeoneʼs memory, Pl. Alc. 2.147e.

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