λῦμα
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
(A), ατος, τό, mostly in pl. (sg. in Berl.Sitzb.1927.159 (Cyrene)),
A water used in washing, or dirt removed by washing, offscourings, οἱ δ' ἀπελυμαίνοντο καὶ εἰς ἅλα λύματα βάλλον Il.1.314; ἀμβροσίῃ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπὸ χροὸς . . λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν 14.171; ἔκλυζεν ποταμῷ λύματα Call.Aet.3.1.25; of catarrhal discharges, purgations, Hp.Gland.12; λύμαθ' ἁγνίσας ἐμά, of the blood on his hands, S.Aj.655; τόκοιο λύματα, = τὰ λόχια, Call.Jov.17: generally, offscourings, refuse, γῆς Id.Ap.109; δόμων ἐκ λύματ' ἔνεικαν A.R.4.710; of ordure, Call.Fr.216; ἔκβολα λ. δαιτός Id.Cer.116; ἐκκλύζειν τὰ λ. τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν Τίβεριν Str.5.3.8, cf. Plu.2.518b. II moral filth, defilement, in sg., λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ τρέφῃ; S.OC805. III = λύμη, ruin, A.Pr.692 (pl., lyr.): in sg., of a person, σύ τ', ὦ λῦμ' Ἀχαιῶν, i. e. Hector, E.Tr.591 (lyr.).
λῦμα (B), ατος, τό, (λύω)
A = ἐνέχυρον, Suid. (pl.).
