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λωβάομαι

λωβάομαι, to treat despitefully, to outrage, maltreat

λωβ-άομαι, Ion. λωβ-έομαι Hp. Art. 35 (as v.l.), λωβ-εῦμαι Herod. 3.69; Dor. impf. ἐλωβῆτο Sophr. 21: fut. -ήσομαι Pl. Cri. 47d: aor. ἐλωβησάμην Hdt. 3.154, cf. Theoc. 5.109, etc.: for pf. and aor. Pass., v. infr.: (λώβη):—
  • outrage, maltreat, c. acc. pers., also with cogn. acc. added, λώβην λωβᾶσθαί τινα do one despite, Il. 13.623; esp. maim, mutilate, τινα Hdt. l.c.; ἑωυτὸν λωβᾶται λώβην ἀνήκεστον ibid.; ἀρτάναισι λωβᾶται βίον brings her life to a shameful end by the halter, S. Ant. 54; ἀνδρῶν εὔνιδας λ. dishonouring them, E. Or. 929; λ. τοὺς νέους harm their pupils, Pl. Prt. 318d; of the effect of drudging work, τὰ σώματα λωβῶνται Arist. Pol. 1258b37; also λ. πόλιν Lys. 26.9; [ἄστεα] κατʼ ἄκρας Theoc. 16.89; pillage, πόλιν Plb. 4.54.2; damage statues, etc., IG 3.1417: less freq. c. dat., Ar. Eq. 1408, Pl. Cri. 47e, D.H. 13.4, Orac. ap. Jul. Ep. 88: abs., act outrageously, Il. 1.232, 2.242.
    • II Act. λωβάω only Ps. Phoc. 38, and κατ-ελώβησαν in Plb. 15.33.9: but pf. is used as Pass., λελωβημένος mutilated, Hdt. 3.155, Pl. Grg. 511a, R. 611b, etc.; esp. of leprous persons, Man. ap. J. Ap. 1.28: also aor. Pass., μεγάλας λώβας λωβηθείς Pl. Grg. 473c: and Ion. pres. 3 pl. λωβέονται in Hp. Art. l.c.(v.l.); cf. ἀπο-, ἐκ-λωβάομαι.

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