ἐκδύω

ekdyo

take off, strip off

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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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