ἀπολούω

apolouo

wash off

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Cratylus 6
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404c6
404e1
405c1
404b5
405b6
406a2
Republic 3
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Book II 1
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383a9
Book III 2
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399e2
391a5
Letters 1
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361a2
Phaedo 1
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60d2
Symposium 1
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190e2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπολούω, I. c. acc. rei, wash off, λούειν ἄπο βρότον Il. 14.7:—Med., ὄφρʼ . . ἅλμην ὤμοιϊν ἀπολούσομαι that I may wash the brine from off my shoulders, Od. 6.219; of baptism, ἀ. τὰς ἁμαρτίας Act.Ap. 22.16. 2. c. acc. pers., wash clean, Ar. V. 118 (ἀπέλου for ἀπέλοε, v. λούω), Pl. Cra. 405b, 406a:—Med., wash away from oneself, λούσασθαι ἄπο βρότον αἱματόεντα Il. 23.41; τὸ σῶμα ἀπελούετο Longus 1.13: in archaic style, ἀπολούμενος Luc. Lex. 2, cf. Ath. 3.97e,98a. 3. c. acc. pers. et rei, ὄφρα τάχιστα Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον might wash the gore off him, Il. 18.345: c. gen. rei, καί μʼ ἀπέλουσε λύθρου Epigr.Gr. 314.6 (Smyrna). 4. ἀπολουσέμεναι· κολ[λ]οβώσειν (Cypr.), Hsch.; cf. ἀπολέπω.

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