wipe

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verb transitive

Ar. and P. ἀπομάσσειν, Ar. περιψῆν.

wipe one's nose: P. and V. ἀπομύσσειν (Plato, and Euripides, Cyclops 562; also mid. Ar.).

sponge: Ar. and P. σπογγίζειν; see also clean.

wipe away: Ar. also V. ἀποψῆν, ἐξομοργνύναι (or mid.), Ar. ἀπομόργνυσθαι, V. ἐκμάσσειν; Met., see wipe out.

wipe down: Ar. and P. καταψῆν, P. and V. ψήχειν (also Ar.); see rub down.

wipe out (Met., destroy): P. and V. ἐξαλείφω, ἐξαλείφειν, καθαιρεῖν, ἀφανίζω, ἀφανίζειν; see destroy.

obliterate: P. and V. ἐξαλείφω, ἐξαλείφειν, ἀφανίζω, ἀφανίζειν.

wipe out a disgrace from another: P. ἀπολύειν.

wipe out a disgrace from oneself: P. ἀπολύεσθαι.

I will wipe out from my life the dishonour that awaits one: V. δύσκλειαν ἣ μένει μ' ἀπώσομαι βίου (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1152).