The corpus record

ῥυπ-άω

rupao

to be filthy, slovenly

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Where it lives

Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

to be filthy, slovenly

to be filthy, slovenly, μάλα περ ῥυπόωντα καθῆραι Od. 6.87; ῥωγαλέα, ῥυπόωντα 13.435; ἦ ὅτι δὴ ῥυπόω 19.72; νῦν δʼ ὅττι ῥυπόω 23.115; ῥυπόωντα δὲ ἕστα χιτῶνα 24.227; ῥυπῶντα, κυφόν, ἄφλιον Ar. Pl. 266; of the habits of Spartans and philosophers, ἐρρύπων, ἐσωκράτων Ar. Av. 1282; τοὺς Πυθαγοριστὰς . . ῥυπᾶν ἑκόντας Aristopho 9.2, cf. Luc. Nec. 4; τὰ ῥυπῶντα τῶν τραυμάτων Ael. NA 14.4.

II to be filled with wax

Pass., to be filled with wax, of the ear, prob. in S. Fr. 858.

In the wild

ῥυπῶν · rhypōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5320)
ῥυπόωντα · rhypoōnta Odyssey 13.435
ῥυπόω · rhypoō Odyssey 19.72
ῥυπόω · rhypoō Odyssey 23.115
ῥυπόωντα · rhypoōnta Odyssey 24.227
ῥυπόωντα · rhypoōnta Odyssey 6.87

Where it came from

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