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λούω

louo

ὁμαι : Hom

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. λούω · louō — Chantraine

λούω, -ὁμαι : Hom., ete., contraction de *Aoéw, cf. l'impf. λόεον (Od. 4,252); autres formes : impf. λόε (Od. 10,861), λόον (ΗΠ. Ap. 120), inf. λόεσθαι (Hés. Tr. 749). Formes contractées : λοῦσθαι (Od. 6,216, etc.), indic. λοῦνται (Hdt.), part. λούμενος (Ar.), dor. (Call. Law. Pall, 72 544.) λῶντο et λώοντο; aor. λοῦσαι, λούσασθαι (Hom., etc.), λώσαμενος (Gyrène) à côté de λοέσσαι, λοεασάμενος, etc. (Hom., ép.), … — [Chantraine, s.v. λούω, p. 664]

2. λούω · louō — Frisk

λούω, -ouaı (seit Il., vgl. unten), auch λοέω (Ipf. Adeov ὃ 252), λόω (Ipf. λό᾽ [x 361], Adov [kh. Ap. 120], Inf. Adeodaı [Hes. Op. 749] u. a.); daneben λοῦσϑαι (seit ζ 216), λοῦνται (Hdt.), λούμενος (Ar.) usw.; dor. (Kall. Lav. Pall. 72f.) Aövro, Abovro; Aor. λοῦσαι, -σασϑαι (seit Il.), ep. auch λοέσ(σ)αι, -£ooaodaı, dor. λωσάμενος (Kyrene), Pass. λουϑῆναι (Hp.), -σϑῆναι (LXX, Pap.); Fut. λούσω, -ouaı (ion. att.), … — [Frisk, s.v. λούω, p. 1110]

3. λούω · louō — LSJ

wash, wash the body, bathed, let, bathe, washed

wash, prop. wash the body (νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes), τὸν δʼ Ἥβη λοῦσεν Il. 5.905; δμῳαὶ λοῦσαν καὶ χρῖσαν ἐλαίῳ Od. 4.49, cf. 6.210; λοῦσʼ ἐν ποταμῷ bathed me, i.e. let me bathe, 7.296; τίς ἄν σφε λούσειεν; A. Th. 739 (lyr.); λούσαντες τὸν νεκρόν Hdt. 2.86, cf. E. Tr. 1152, S. Ant. 901; λ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν Act.Ap. 16.33; also λόʼ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο washed me [with water] from a great cauldron, Od. 10.361; ὀϊστοὺς λοῦσεν φοινίσσᾳ . . Ἄρης ψακάδι Simon. 106: c.

b

rarely of things, λ. τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ βαλανείου PFlor. 384.30 (v A.D.).

2 purify

metaph., purify, τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν v.l. in Apoc. 1.5.

II bathe, fresh from, bath, bathe, fresh-bathed, after bathing

Med. and Pass., bathe, λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι Od. 6.216: also c. gen., λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο (of a star just risen) fresh from Oceanʼs bath, Il. 5.6; λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο bathe in the river, 6.508; so ἀπὸ [κρήνης] λουόμενοι Hdt. 3.23: c. acc. cogn., τὸ λουτρὸν ἡ Ῥέα λοῦται Arr. Tact. 33.4: abs., λούσαντο Od. 4.48, cf. Hdt. 5.20, etc.; λελουμένος fresh-bathed, after bathing, Id. 1.126, Ar. Lys. 1064 (lyr.); ἐν βαλανείῳ λελουμένος Pl. R. 495e; λούεσθαι ἐν πηλῷ Arist. HA 595a31; εἰς λουτρῶνας Ptol.Euerg

2 to be washed

in strict pass. sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i.e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, Hdt. 3.124, 125.

3 wash oneʼs

in strict med. sense, c. acc., λοέσσασθαι χρόα wash oneʼs body, Hes. Op. 522, Th. 5; λούονται (v.l. λοῦνται) ὕδατι τὸ σῶμα Hdt. 4.75.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λούω (scan p. 664; entry #4910).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λούω (scan pp. 1110-1111; entry #3631). Root candidates: *lov-, *lous-.

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