γυμνητεύω
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English (LSJ)
A to be naked, 1 Ep.Cor.4.11, Demoph.Sent. 8. 2 to be lightly clad, D.Chr.25.3. 3 to be light-armed, Plu. Aem.16.
German (Pape)
[Seite 509] 1) nackt sein, N. T.; entblößt sein, Sp., τινός. – 2) leicht bewaffneter Soldat sein, Plut. Aem. 16; D. Cass. 47, 34.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γυμνητεύω: εἶμαι ἐλαφρῶς ἐνδεδυμένος, Δίων Χρυσ. 25· εἶμαι ἐλαφρῶς ὡπλισμένος, Πλούτ. Αἰμιλ. 16. 2) εἶμαι γυμνός, Α' Ἐπιστ. π. Κορινθ. δ', 11· (γυμνιτεύω, ἡμαρτ. γραφή).
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés.
être armé à la légère.
Étymologie: γυμνής.
Spanish (DGE)
• Alolema(s): γυμνι- 1Ep.Cor.4.11, Origenes Or.11.2
1 ir armado con armas ligeras οἱ γυμνητεύοντες καὶ ψιλοί Plu.Aem.16, cf. D.C.47.34.2.
2 ir escasamente vestido Λακεδαιμόνιοι D.Chr.25.3.
3 estar desnudo como signo de pobreza y sobriedad πεινῶμεν καὶ διψῶμεν καὶ γυμνιτεύομεν 1Ep.Cor.l.c., cf. Origenes l.c., como ideal pitagórico de vida γυμνὸς ἀποσταλεὶς σοφὸς γυμνητεύων καλέσει τὸν πέμψαντα Pythag.Sent.17, Porph.Marc.33
•fig. estar sin recursos ὑποδέξατο (l. ὑπε-) τὸν Ἀσὴπ γυμνιεύοντα (l. γυμνιτεύοντα) PRoss.Georg.3.28.8 (IV d.C.).
English (Strong)
from a derivative of γυμνός; to strip, i.e. (reflexively) go poorly clad: be naked.
