ἀποδύω

English (LSJ)

   I in fut. -δύσω, aor. 1 -έδῡυσα (for pf. -δέδῡκα v. infr. 11.1), trans. used by Hom. (esp. in Il.) of stripping armour from the slain,    1 c. acc. rei, strip off, τεύχεα δ' Ἕκτωρ δηώσας ἀπέδυσε Il.18.83, cf. 4.532, etc.; ἀπὸ μὲν φίλα εἵματα δύσω 2.261; ἀ. τί τινος Pl.Chrm.154e.    2 c. acc. pers., strip, ἀπέδυσε τὰς . . γυναῖκας Hdt.5.92.ή, cf. Pl.Epigr.12.3; ἵνα μὴ ῥιγῶν ἀποδύη (sc. τοὺς ὁδοιπόρους) Ar.Av.712, cf. Th.636, Ec.668: c. dupl. acc., τὴν ἐσθῆτά τινα ἀ. Luc.Nigr.13:—Pass., to be stripped of one's clothes, οὔ τοι τοῦτον ἀποδυθήσομαι (sc. τὸν τρίβωνα) Ar.V.1122; ἵνα μή ποτε κἀποδυθῆ μεθύων Id.Ra.715, cf. Pl.930; θοἰμάτιον ἀποδεδύσθαι Lys. 10.10; ἀποδυόμενος stripped of its shell, of the nautilus, Arist.HA 622b18.    II Med., fut. -δύσομαι: aor. 1 -εδυσάμην Od.5.349 (v.l.), Pl.R.612a(v.l.), Lys.Fr.232S., etc.; mostly with intr. aor. 2 Act. ἀπέδυν, pf. ἀποδέδῡκα (used trans. by X.An.5.8.23 πολλοὺς ἤδη ἀποδέδυκεν):—strip off oneself, take off, εἵματα ταῦτ' ἀποδύς Od.5.343; ἀπόδυθι . . θοἰμάτιον Ar.Th.214; τῶν ἱματίων ἀποδύσας (aor. 2 part. pl. fem.) having stripped off some of them, ib.656; σῶμ' ἀποδυσάμενος Epigr.Gr.403 (Galatia): metaph., ἀ. τὴν ὑπόκρισιν J.AJ13.7.1.    2 abs., ἀποδυσάμενος having stripped, v.l. for ἀπολυσ-, Od.5.349; ἀποδύντες stripped naked, Th.1.6, cf. Pl.Mx.236d: metaph., ἀποδύεσθαι πρὸς τὸ λέγειν, εἰς ἀγορανομίαν, Plu.Dem.6, Brut.15; οἱ ἀποδυόμενοι εἰς τὴν παλαίστραν those who strip for the palaestra, who practise there, Lys.Fr.45.1; εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον IG14.256 (Phintias); πρὸς τὸ ἀχανὲς πέλαγος Jul.Or.4.142c; ἀποδύντες τοῖς ἀναπαίστοις ἐπίωμεν let us strip and attack the anapaests, Ar.Ach.627, cf. Ra.641.