wash

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verb transitive

the body: P. and V. λούειν (or mid.).

washed: also V. ἐκλελουμένος (Aesch., Fragment).

hands and feet: V. νίζειν, Ar. and P. ἀπονίζειν.

I wash my hands of what has been done: P. ἀφίσταμαι τῶν πεπραγμένων (Dem. 350).

wash (clothes, etc.): Ar. and P. πλύνειν.

cleanse by washing: P. and V. ἀπονίζειν (Plato, Ar., and Euripides, Troades 1153), Ar. and P. ἀπολούειν.

Met., cleanse: P. and V. καθαίρειν, ἐκκαθαίρειν, V. ἁγνίζειν, νίζειν, Ar. and P. διακαθαίρειν.

wash with silver, etc.: see overlay.

whitewash: see whitewash.

be washed by the sea: P. περικλύζεσθαι.

in caverns which the dark sea washes with its waves: V. κατ' ἄντρ' ἃ πόντος νοτίδι διακλύζει μέλας (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 107).

washed by the sea, adj.: V. περίρρυτος (once in Thuc. 4, 64), ἁλίρροθος, ἀμφίκλυστος, ἁλίστονος.

wash ashore, v.: P. and V. ἐκφέρω, ἐκφέρειν, V. ἐκβάλλειν.

be washed ashore: P. and V. ἐκπίπτειν.

washed ashore, adj.: V. ἔκβλητος.

wash away, remove by washing, v.: P. ἀποπλύνειν.

inundate: see inundate.

Met., P. and V. ἐκνίζειν (Dem. 274), V. νίζειν, κλύζειν (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1193).

wash out: Ar. and P. ἐκπλύνειν, P. ἐκκλύζειν.

that can be washed out, adj.: P. and V. ἔκπλυτος.

not to be washed out: P. δυσέκνιπτος, V. δύσνιπτος.

of dyes: P. δευσοποιός.

wash over: see inundate.

verb intransitive

bathe: P. and V. λοῦσθαι.

substantive

bath: P. and V. λουτρόν, τό.

swell, wave: P. and V. κῦμα, τό, Ar. and V. οἶδμα, τό, σάλος, ὁ.