ῥύπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[ῥύπος]]) [[cleanse]], [[wash]], esp. with [[soap]] or [[lye]], ῥύπτω τὰ ἱμάτια <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>359a22</span>; τὰν γλῶτταν <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.100e</span>; τὰς χεῖρας Phylotim. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.3.79c</span>:—Med., [[wash oneself]], <span class="bibl">Antiph.148.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.9.3</span>, [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>530</span>; aor. ἐρρύψαντο <span class="bibl">Ph.1.613</span>; λουομένη τὰς τρίχας ἐρρύπτετο <span class="bibl">Polyaen.8.27</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἐξ ὅτου 'γὼ ῥύπτομαι]] = ever since I began to [[wash]], i.e. from my [[childhood]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 17</span>.