divest

From LSJ

ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον → in Rome we do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans | when in Rome, do like the Romans do | when in Rome | being among monkeys one has to be a monkey

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

strip (of clothes): Ar. and P. ἀποδύειν, P. περιαιρεῖν, P. and V. ἐκδύειν.

Met., see deprive.

divest (the dead, of arms): P. and V. σκυλεύειν.

divested of: lit. and met., P. ψιλός (gen.); see bare of.