cleanse, wash, wash oneself, began to wash
cleanse, wash, esp. with soap or lye, ῥ. τὰ ἱμάτια Arist. Mete. 359a22; τὰν γλῶτταν Ti.Locr. 100e; τὰς χεῖρας Phylotim. ap. Ath. 3.79c:—Med., wash oneself, Antiph. 148.3, Thphr. HP 9.9.3, f.l. in Nic. Al. 530; aor. ἐρρύψαντο Ph. 1.613; λουομένη τὰς τρίχας ἐρρύπτετο Polyaen. 8.27: prov., ἐξ ὅτου ʼγὼ ῥύπτομαι ever since I began to wash, i.e. from my childhood, Ar. Ach. 17.