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κατα-πλύνω

katapluno

drench, wash out, remove by washing, is washed out, has become worthless

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k

What it meant

κατα-πλύνω · kata-plynō — LSJ

drench

drench, ὕδατι τὴν κεφαλήν X. Eq. 5.6.

II wash out, remove by washing, is washed out, has become worthless

wash out, remove by washing, [ἁλμυρόν τι] Arist. Mete. 357b5:—Pass., καταπλῠθείσης τῆς ἅλμης Thphr. CP 3.24.3: metaph., καταπέπλῠται τὸ πρᾶγμα the affair is washed out, has become worthless, Aeschin. 3.178, cf. Poll. 7.38.

In the wild

καταπλύνειν · kataplynein Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 140)

Where it came from

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