- λωβάομαι
- λωβ-άομαι, [dialect] Ion. [suff] λωβ-έομαι Id.Art.35 (as v.l.), [suff] λωβ-εῦμαι Herod.3.69; [dialect] Dor. [tense] impf.A
ἐλωβῆτο Sophr.21
: [tense] fut. -ήσομαι Pl.Cri.47d: [tense] aor.ἐλωβησάμην Hdt.3.154
, cf. Theoc.5.109, etc.: for [tense] pf. and [tense] aor. [voice] Pass., v. infr.: ([etym.] λώβη):—outrage, maltreat, c. acc. pers., also with cogn. acc. added, λώβην λωβᾶσθαί τινα do one despite, Il.13.623; esp. maim, mutilate, τινα Hdt. l. c.; ἑωυτὸν λωβᾶται λώβην ἀνήκεστον ibid.; ἀρτάναισι λωβᾶται βίον brings her life to a shameful end by the halter, S.Ant.54; ἀνδρῶν εὔνιδας λ. dishonouring them, E.Or.929; λ. τοὺς νέους harm their pupils, Pl.Prt.318d; of the effect of drudging work,τὰ σώματα λωβῶνται Arist.Pol.1258b37
; alsoλ. πόλιν Lys.26.9
; [ἄστεα] κατ' ἄκρας Theoc. 16.89
; pillage,πόλιν Plb.4.54.2
; damage statues, etc., IG3.1417: less freq. c. dat., Ar.Eq.1408, Pl.Cri.47e, D.H.13.4, Orac. ap. Jul.Ep.88: abs., act outrageously, Il.1.232, 2.242.II [voice] Act. λωβάω only Ps.Phoc.38, and κατ-ελώβησαν in Plb.15.33.9: but [tense] pf. is used as [voice] Pass., λελωβημένος mutilated, Hdt.3.155, Pl.Grg.511a, R.611b, etc.; esp. of leprous persons, Man. ap. J.Ap.1.28: also [tense] aor. [voice] Pass.,μεγάλας λώβας λωβηθείς Pl.Grg.473c
: and [dialect] Ion. [tense] pres. [ per.] 3pl. λωβέονται in Hp.Art. l.c.(v.l.); cf. ἀπο-, ἐκ-λωβάομαι.
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