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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[outrage]], [[maltreatment]], esp. by maiming, [[ἐπὶ λύμῃ]] = [[for the sake of insult]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.121. δ; δόμων ἐπὶ λύμῃ A.''Th.'' 880 (lyr.); ὑπ' ἄφρονι λύμᾳ Id.''Eu.''377 (lyr.); ἄνδρα οὕτω αἰσχρῶς λύμῃ διακείμενον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.162; ὧν διαφθειρομένων οὐκ ἂν γίγνοιτο μεγάλη λ. τῇ πόλει Pl.''Lg.''919c; λ. καρπῶν καὶ προβάτων X.''Oec.''5.6; <b class="b3">χωρὶς τῆς ἄλλης λύμης</b> besides the [[mischief]] done, Hp.''Fract.''3: freq. in plural, [[outrage]]s, [[indignity|indignities]], λυμαίνεσθαι λύμῃσι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.12; χερσὶ καὶ λύμαισι καὶ πᾶσιν κακοῖς S.''El.''1196, cf. 1195; φθείρειν λύμαις ἐχθίσταις [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]'' 1068; ταῖσδ' ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''148 (lyr.), cf. 427 (lyr.); ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐρεθιζούσαις τὸν νουθετούμενον λύμαις Phld.''Lib.''p.8 O.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[corruption]], καθάπερ σιδήρῳ μὲν [[ἰός]], ξύλοις δὲ θρῖπες… συμφυεῖς εἰσι λῦμαι Plb.6.10.3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[damage]] in financial sense, πρὸς λύμην τῶν βασιλικῶν φόρων ''PMasp.''2 iii 18 (vi A. D.), cf. 4.16 (vi A. D.); [[injury]] from [[disease]], Ruf.''Fr.''64.