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|Definition=(A), ατος, τό, mostly in plural (sg. in <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.159 (Cyrene)), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[water used in washing]], or [[dirt removed by washing]], [[offscourings]], οἱ δ' ἀπελυμαίνοντο καὶ εἰς ἅλα λύματα βάλλον <span class="bibl">Il.1.314</span>; ἀμβροσίῃ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπὸ χροὸς… λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν <span class="bibl">14.171</span>; ἔκλυζεν ποταμῷ λύματα <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.25</span>; of [[catarrhal]] [[discharge]]s, [[purgation]]s, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Gland.</span>12</span>; <b class="b3">λύμαθ' ἁγνίσας ἐμά</b>, of the ''blood'' on his hands, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>655</span>; <b class="b3">τόκοιο λύματα</b>, = [[τὰ λόχια]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>17</span>: generally, [[offscouring]]s, [[refuse]], γῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>109</span>; δόμων ἐκ λύματ' ἔνεικαν <span class="bibl">A.R.4.710</span>; of [[ordure]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>216</span>; ἔκβολα λ. δαιτός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cer.</span>116</span>; ἐκκλύζειν τὰ λ. τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν Τίβεριν <span class="bibl">Str.5.3.8</span>, cf. Plu.2.518b. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[moral filth]], [[defilement]], in sg., <b class="b3">λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ τρέφῃ</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>805</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[λύμη]], [[ruin]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>692</span> (pl., lyr.): in sg., of a person, <b class="b3">σύ τ', ὦ λῦμ' Ἀχαιῶν</b>, i. e. Hector, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>591</span> (lyr.).</span><br />(B), ατος, τό, ([[λύω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἐνέχυρον]], Suid. (pl.).</span>