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