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ἐκ-πλύνω

ekpluno

wash out, wash out colours from, having washed out

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ἐκ-πλύνω · ek-plynō — LSJ

wash out, wash out colours from, having washed out, is, washed out

wash out, esp. wash out colours from cloths, ἵνα..μὴ αὐτῶν ἐκπλύναι τὴν βαφήν Pl. R. 430a; ἐκπλύναντας τὴν οἰσπώτην having washed out the grease and dirt, Ar. Lys. 575 :—Pass., τὰ δὲ ζῷα οὐκ ἐκπλύνεσθαι the pattern is not washed out, Hdt. 1.203.

II wash out, wash thoroughly

wash out, i.e. wash thoroughly, ὄναιο μέντἂν εἴ τις ἐκπλύνειέ σε Ar. Pl. 1062; τὸν σαπέρδην Id. Fr. 686; ἔντερα SIG 1025.35 (Cos); τὰ γράμματα IG l.c. :—Med., Hdt. 4.73.

III to be evacuated

Medic., in Pass., to be evacuated, Gal. 16.158.

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