wipe
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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).
