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ψιλόω

ψιλόω, to strip bare

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ψιλωθεὶς aorist passive participle masculine nominative singular, aorist passive participle masculine vocative singular of ψιλόω

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ψῑλ-όω,
  • strip bare, mostly of hair, ψ. τὴν κεφαλήν τινος Hdt. 4.26; ψιλοῦν τὰ δέρματα Thphr. HP 9.20.3; ψ. τὰ δένδρα strip them bare, ib. 4.14.9:—Pass., become bald, ψιλοῦτο δὲ καλὰ κάρηνα Hes. Fr. 29; χελιδόνες . . ἐψιλωμέναι bare of feathers, Arist. HA 600a16.
    • II c. gen., strip bare of, σαρκῶν ἐπωμίδα Hp. Art. 1:—Pass., ὀστέων κατήγματα ἐψιλωμένα Id. Aph. 5.22, cf. Art. 69, Arist. HA 519b5.
      • 2 strip, rob, deprive of a thing, ψ. [τινὰ] τὰ πλεῖστα τῆς δυνάμιος Hdt. 2.151; τινὰ χρημάτων Alciphr. 1.18: abs. in same sense, X. Cyr. 4.5.12:—Pass., ἐλπίδος ὁ καιρὸς ἐψιλώθη Phld. Herc. 1232 p.67 V.
      • 3 generally, leave naked, unarmed, or defenceless, Th. 3.109.
      • 4 Pass., to be laid bare, of roots, X. Oec. 17.12 sq.; ψιλωθέντα κέρατα exposed, unprotected, Plb. 3.73.7; τὸ ψιλούμενον στεγαστέον X. Eq. 12.7.
      • 5 strip off, pull out, τρίχας Dsc. 2.179:—Pass., of things, to be stripped off something, τὰ κρέα ἐψιλωμένα τῶν ὀστέων Hdt. 4.61; cf. ψίλωμα.
    • III Gramm., write or pronounce with the spiritus lenis, or a littera tenuis, opp. δασύνω, Phld. Rh. 1.155 S., cf. EM 780.31 (Pass.), D.T. Supp. 675.11, A.D. Synt. 39.1, Pron. 57.2, Eust. 515.38, Tz. H. 11.53.

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