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ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. τμῆμα, τό, V. σπάραγμα, τό, Ar, τόμος, ὁ.
Hanging themselves with strips made from their clothes: P. ἐκ τῶν ἱματίων παραιρήματα ποιοῦντες ἀπαγχόμενοι (Thuc. 4, 48).
v. trans.
Bare: P. and V. γυμνοῦν.
Take clothes off (from another); Ar. and P. ἀποδύειν, P. and V. ἐκδύειν;
(from oneself): Ar. and P. ἀποδύεσθαι, P. and V. ἐκδύεσθαι; see v. intrans.
Strip (the dead of arms): P. and V. σκυλεύειν (Eur., Phoen. 1417).
They bade him strip the rose garden of its buds: P. ἐκέλευον τὴν ῥοδωνίαν βλαστάνουσαν ἐκτίλλειν (Dem. 1251).
Remove: P. and V. ἀφαιρεῖν, P. περιαιρεῖν.
Stripped of money and allies: P. περιῃρημένος χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους (Dem. 37).
He stripped all equally of honour, power and freedom: P. ὁμοίως ἁπάντων τὸ ἀξίωμα, τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν περιείλετο (Dem. 246).
Plunder: P. and V. συλᾶν; see plunder.
Empty: P. and V. κενοῦν, ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν, ἐκκενοῦν (Plat.), V. ἐκκεινοῦν.
Strip bare: P. ψιλοῦν, Ar. and V. ἀποψιλοῦν.
Deprive: P. and V. ἀποστερεῖν, στερεῖν, στερίσκειν; see rob.
Strip off: P. περιαιρεῖν.
Strip off the skin: Ar. and P. δέρειν, ἀποδέρειν (Xen.), P. and V. ἐκδέρειν (Plat.).
They stripped off the roof: P. τὸν ὄροφον ἀφεῖλον or διεῖλον.
V. intrans. Take one's clothes off: P. and V. ἐκδύεσθαι, γυμνοῦσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀποδύεσθαι.
Let us strip, sirs, for this business: Ar. ἐπαποδυώμεθʼ, ἄνδρες, τουτῳὶ τῷ πράγματι (Lys. 615).
