The corpus record

ῥῠπό-ω

rupoo

make foul and filthy, befoul

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What it meant

ῥῠπό-ω · rhypo-ō — LSJ

make foul and filthy, befoul, to be foul and filthy

make foul and filthy, befoul (cf. ῥυπάω):— Pass., to be foul and filthy, Ep. pf. part. Pass., εἵματα . . τά μοι ῥερυπωμένα κεῖται Od. 6.59, cf. Hp. Mochl. 33, Mul. 1.66; ἐρρυπωμένος Sch. Ar. Ach. 425; ῥυπωθῆναι Ph. Fr. 9 H.:—Act., dub. l. in Thphr. Char. 15.6.

Where it came from

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