- λώβη
- λώβ-η, ἡ,A outrage, dishonour,
αἶσχος λώβη τε 18.225
; λώβην λωβᾶσθαι (v. λωβάομαι) ; τείσετε λ. ye shall pay for the outrage, Il.11.142;ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ἐμοὶ δόμεναι . . λ. 9.387
; but λ. τείσασθαι exact retribution for an outrage, i.e. avenge it, 19.208, Od.20.169, S.Aj.181 (lyr.); ἐπὶ λώβᾳ for ruin or destruction, Id.Ant.792 (lyr.), cf. E.Hec.647 (lyr.);ὡς ἐπὶ λώβᾳ Id.HF882
(lyr.);λ. καὶ διαφθορά Pl.Men.91c
, etc.; esp. mutilation, maiming, Hdt.3.154: pl., S.Aj.1392;λώβας λωβηθείς Pl.Grg.473c
.2 of persons, a disgrace,λώβην τ' ἔμεναι καὶ ὑπόψιον Il.3.42
, cf. E.El.165 (lyr.), Herod.7.95; ποιητῶν λῶβαι, of the Grammarians, AP11.322 (Antiphan.); οὐ γὰρ Ἀρκάδεσσι λώβα no insult to the Arcadians, Alc. 38.II a form of leprosy, Gal.14.757.
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