strip

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

subs.

P. τμῆμα, τό, V. σπάραγμα, τό, Ar, τόμος, ὁ.

Hanging themselves with strips made from their clothes: P. ἐκ τῶν ἱματίων παραιρήματα ποιοῦντες ἀπαγχόμενοι (Thuc. 4, 48).

v. trans.

Bare: P. and V. γυμνοῦν.

Take clothes off (from another); Ar. and P. ἀποδύειν, P. and V. ἐκδύειν;

(from oneself): Ar. and P. ἀποδύεσθαι, P. and V. ἐκδύεσθαι; see v. intrans.

Strip (the dead of arms): P. and V. σκυλεύειν (Eur., Phoen. 1417).

They bade him strip the rose garden of its buds: P. ἐκέλευον τὴν ῥοδωνίαν βλαστάνουσαν ἐκτίλλειν (Dem. 1251).

Remove: P. and V. ἀφαιρεῖν, P. περιαιρεῖν.

Stripped of money and allies: P. περιῃρημένος χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους (Dem. 37).

He stripped all equally of honour, power and freedom: P. ὁμοίως ἁπάντων τὸ ἀξίωμα, τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν περιείλετο (Dem. 246).

Plunder: P. and V. συλᾶν; see plunder.

Empty: P. and V. κενοῦν, ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, ἐκκενοῦν (Plat.), V. ἐκκεινοῦν.

Strip bare: P. ψιλοῦν, Ar. and V. ἀποψιλοῦν.

Deprive: P. and V. ἀποστερεῖν, στερεῖν, στερίσκειν; see rob.

Strip off: P. περιαιρεῖν.

Strip off the skin: Ar. and P. δέρειν, ἀποδέρειν (Xen.), P. and V. ἐκδέρειν (Plat.).

They stripped off the roof: P. τὸν ὄροφον ἀφεῖλον or διεῖλον.

V. intrans. Take one's clothes off: P. and V. ἐκδύεσθαι, γυμνοῦσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀποδύεσθαι.

Let us strip, sirs, for this business: Ar. ἐπαποδυώμεθʼ, ἄνδρες, τουτῳὶ τῷ πράγματι (Lys. 615).