ἀποδύω

ἀπο-δύω,

I in [tense] fut. -δύσω, [tense] aor. 1 -έδῡυσα (for [tense] pf. -δέδῡκα v. infr. 11.1), trans. used by Hom. (esp. in Il.) of stripping armour from the slain,

1 c. acc. rei, strip off,

τεύχεα δ' Ἕκτωρ δηώσας ἀπέδυσε Il.18.83

, cf. 4.532, etc.;

ἀπὸ μὲν φίλα εἵματα δύσω 2.261

;

ἀ. τί τινος Pl.Chrm.154e

.

2 c. acc. pers., strip,

ἀπέδυσε τὰς . . γυναῖκας Hdt.5.92

.ή, cf. Pl.Epigr.12.3; ἵνα μὴ ῥιγῶν ἀποδύη (sc. τοὺς ὁδοιπόρους) Ar.Av.712, cf. Th.636, Ec.668: c. dupl. acc.,

τὴν ἐσθῆτά τινα ἀ. Luc.Nigr.13

:—[voice] Pass., to be stripped of one's clothes, οὔ τοι τοῦτον ἀποδυθήσομαι (sc. τὸν τρίβωνα) Ar.V.1122;

ἵνα μή ποτε κἀποδυθῆ μεθύων Id.Ra.715

, cf. Pl.930;

θοἰμάτιον ἀποδεδύσθαι Lys. 10.10

; ἀποδυόμενος stripped of its shell, of the nautilus, Arist.HA 622b18.

II [voice] Med., [tense] fut. -δύσομαι: [tense] aor. 1

-εδυσάμην Od.5.349

(v.l.), Pl.R.612a(v.l.), Lys.Fr.232S., etc.; mostly with intr. [tense] aor. 2 [voice] Act. ἀπέδυν, [tense] pf. ἀποδέδῡκα (used trans. by X.An.5.8.23 πολλοὺς ἤδη ἀποδέδυκεν):—strip off oneself, take off,

εἵματα ταῦτ' ἀποδύς Od.5.343

;

ἀπόδυθι . . θοἰμάτιον Ar.Th.214

; τῶν ἱματίων ἀποδύσας ([tense] aor. 2 part. pl. fem.) having stripped off some of them, ib.656;

σῶμ' ἀποδυσάμενος Epigr.Gr.403

([place name] Galatia): metaph.,

ἀ. τὴν ὑπόκρισιν J.AJ13.7.1

.

2 abs., ἀποδυσάμενος having stripped, v.l. for ἀπολυς-, Od.5.349;

ἀποδύντες

stripped naked,

Th.1.6

, cf. Pl.Mx.236d: metaph., ἀποδύεσθαι πρὸς τὸ λέγειν, εἰς ἀγορανομίαν, Plu.Dem.6, Brut.15; οἱ ἀποδυόμενοι εἰς τὴν παλαίστραν those who strip for the palaestra, who practise there, Lys.Fr.45.1;

εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον IG14.256

([place name] Phintias);

πρὸς τὸ ἀχανὲς πέλαγος Jul.Or.4.142c

; ἀποδύντες τοῖς ἀναπαίστοις ἐπίωμεν let us strip and attack the anapaests, Ar.Ach.627, cf. Ra.641.