γυμνόω

gymnoo

strip naked

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

γυμνόω, A. strip naked, τὰ ὀστέα τῶν κρεῶν γ. strip the bones of their flesh, Hdt. 4.61; σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ S. Ant. 410:—Hom. only Med. and Pass., strip oneself or be stripped naked, αἰδέομαι γὰρ γυμνοῦσθαι Od. 6.222; mostly of warriors, to be exposed, ὅτεῳ στρεφθέντι μετάφρενα γυμνωθείη Il. 12.428; οὖτα Θόαντα στέρνον γυμνωθέντα παρʼ ἀσπίδα 16.312, cf. Od. 10.341, Call. lamb. 1.219; τεῖχος ἐγυμνώθη the wall was left bare, i.e. defenceless, Il. 12.399: c. gen., γυμνώθη ῥακέων he stripped himself of his rags, Od. 22.1; later γυμνωθὲν ξίφος, δόρυ, Hdt. 3.64, A. Th. 624: metaph., to be stripped or deprived of a thing, Pl. R. 601b; ἀφορμῆς Antipho Soph. 14. 2. metaph., lay bare, φύσιν τῷ λόγῳ Ph. 1.118:—Pass., Dam. Pr. 400. 3. lay aside, σάκκον LXXJu. 9.1.
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