γυμν-όω · gymn-oō — LSJ
strip naked, strip, strip oneself, be stripped naked, to be exposed, was left bare, defenceless, stripped himself, to be stripped, deprived of
strip naked, τὰ ὀστέα τῶν κρεῶν γ. strip the bones of their flesh, Hdt. 4.61; σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ S. Ant. 410:—Hom. only Med. and Pass., strip oneself or be stripped naked, αἰδέομαι γὰρ γυμνοῦσθαι Od. 6.222; mostly of warriors, to be exposed, ὅτεῳ στρεφθέντι μετάφρενα γυμνωθείη Il. 12.428; οὖτα Θόαντα στέρνον γυμνωθέντα παρʼ ἀσπίδα 16.312, cf. Od. 10.341, Call. lamb. 1.219; τεῖχος ἐγυμνώθη the wall was left bare, i.e. defenceless, Il. 12.399: c. gen., γυμνώθη ῥακέων he stripped himself of his ra
2 lay bare
metaph., lay bare, φύσιν τῷ λόγῳ Ph. 1.118:—Pass., Dam. Pr. 400.
3 lay aside
lay aside, σάκκον LXX Ju. 9.1.