λόον

λούω

lǎvo: imperf ind act 3rd pl (epic)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `bathe, wash (the body)' (Il., cf. below)

Other forms: also λοέω (ipf. λόεον δ 252). λόω (ipf. λό' [κ 361], λόον [h. Ap. 120], inf. λόεσθαι [Hes. Op. 749]); besides λοῦσθαι (ζ 216), λοῦνται (Hdt.), λούμενος (Ar.); Dor. (Call. Lav. Pall. 72f.) λῶντο, λώοντο; aor. λοῦσαι, - σασθαι (Il.), ep. also λοέσ(σ)αι, - έσσασθαι, Dor. λωσάμενος (Cyrene), pass. λουθῆναι (Hp.), - σθῆναι (LXX, pap.); fut. λούσω, - ομαι (IA.), λοέσσομαι (ζ 221), ptc. perf. λελουμένος (E 6),

Dialectal forms: Myc. rewotorokowo; s. below

Compounds: also with prefix, esp. ἀπο-, ἐκ- ; unclear Myc. rewoterejo. -

Derivatives: 1. λουτρόν, Hom. λοετρόν, Dor. λωτρόν (H.), usu. (in Hom. always) in plur. `the bath, bathing place' (Il.); as 1. member e.g. in λοετρο-χόος `pouring bathwater' (Hom.); λούτριον n. `bathwater' (Ar., Luc.), ἀπολούτριος `for washing' of water (Ael.), λουτρών, - ῶνος m. `bathroom, bathing house' (X., hell.) with - ωνικός `belonging to the bathing places' ( Cod. Just.), λουτρίς f. `belonging to the bath' (Theopomp. Com., H., Phot.), λουτρικός H. s. ξυστρολήκυθον, λουτρόομαι `bathe' (Euboea) - 2. λούτρα f. `sarcophagus' (Corycos ; on the meaning cf. μάκρα [from μάκτρα] `bathtub, coffin'). - 3. λουτήρ m. `bathtub' (LXX, inscr.), - ήριον n. `id.' (Antiph., inscr.; λωτ. Tab. Heracl.) with the dimin. - ηρίδιον (Hero, pap.), - ηρίσκος (Gloss.); ἐκλουτήριος `for washing' (Aegina); ἐγλουστρίς f. `bathing-drawers?' (hell. pap.). - 4. λούστης m. "bather", `who loves bathing' (Arist., M. Ant.). - 5. λοῦσις ` bathing, washing' (late pap., inscr.), ἀπόλουσις `washing' (Pl.). - 6. λοῦμα n. `stream' (Sardes); prob also λούματα (cod. ἀούματα) τὰ τῶν πτισσομένων κριθῶν ἄχυρα Κύπριοι H.; cf. ἀπόλουμα = ἀποκάθαρμα (sch., Eust.); or because the chaff before feeding was washed away in water?; diff. Bechtel Dial. 1, 451 (with Hoffmann Dial. 1, 121). -7. λουτιάω `want to bathe' (Luc. Lex. 2; after ἐμετ-ιάω: ἐμέω a. o.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [692] *leu̯h₃- `wash, bathe'

Etymology: The aorist λο(Ϝ)έ-σαι agrees with κορέ-σαι, στορέ-σαι; the rare present λο(Ϝ)έ-ω can be explained as innovation (cf. Specht KZ 59, 61). From λο(Ϝ)έσαι by contraction could arise λοῦσαι; to this again λούω. In Hom. the uncontracted forms can be inserted, e.g. λόεσεν etc. for λοῦσεν etc., also λοέεσθαι for λούεσθαι (Z 508 = O 265). Both λοῦσαι etc. and the isolated λό', λόον, λόεσθαι are understandable from (thematic) λό(Ϝ)-ω; the last forms however, can also be due to hyphairesis (cf. Schwyzer 252 f.). Also λοῦσθαι, λοῦνται, λούμενος admit basic forms like *λόϜ-εσθαι *λόϜ-ονται, *λοϜ-όμενος; but rhey are at the same time explainable from λο(Ϝ)έεσ-θαι, λο(Ϝ)έονται, λο(Ϝ)εόμενος. Further details in Schwyzer 682, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 34, 347, 374, Risch ̨ 117. An immediate agreement to monosyll. thematic λό(Ϝ)ω appears in Lat. lav-ō, lav-ere (from * lov-; cf. Szemerényi KZ 70, 57 f.); to disyll. λο(Ϝ)έ-σαι may at the same time disyll. lavā-re (if the length is secondary) correspond (IE *leu̯h₃-). Wether also Arm. loganam, aor. logac̣ay `bathe oneself' has a disyllabic root, remains uncertain given the productivity of the Arm. verbs in - anam. From the general o-vowel deviate Myc. rewotorokowo and rewoterejo; their connection with λοετρόν has been explained from metathesis of * lewo-. Also the Celtic and Germanic nominal derivv. show the same vocalisation, e.g. Gaul. lautro `bathing place', OIr. lōathar `basin', OWNo. lauđr n. `lye, (soap)foam', OE lēaÞor `soap-foam', which can go back on IE * louh₃-tro- and can be identical with λο(Ϝ)ετρόν. - Hitt. lah̯(h̯)uu̯āi-'pour', since Sturtevant connected with λούω (s. Friedrich Wb.), is formally unclear (on expects *leh₂_\/₃-u-). - Further forms in Bq, WP. 2, 441, Pok. 692, W.-Hofmann s. lavō.

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λούω, [var] contr. from [full] λοέω, from which come [tense] impf.

A

λόεον Od.4.252

: [tense] aor. inf.

λοέσσαι 19.320

; part.

λοέσσας Il.23.282

: [tense] fut. [voice] Med.

λοέσσομαι Od.6.221

: [ per.] 3sg. [tense] aor. λοέσσατο ib. 227;

λοεσσάμενος Il.10.577

, Schwyzer 633 (Eresus, ii/i B. C.): also [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

ἐλούεον h.Cer. 289

.—Later forms,

λούει Hdt.6.52

; inf.

λούειν Hp.Morb.2.20

, Pl.Phd. 115a: [tense] fut.

λούσω Call.Del.95

; [dialect] Dor.

λουσῶ Theoc.5.146

: [tense] aor.

ἔλουσα Anacr.47

, S.Ant. 901, Ar.Lys.19 ([dialect] Ep.

λοῦσα Il.16.679

, etc.):—[voice] Med.

λούονται Hdt.4.75

; inf.

λούεσθαι Il.6.508

, Hp.Epid.5.70; part.

λουόμενοι Hdt.3.23

: [tense] fut.

λούσομαι Ar.Nu. 837

, Pl.Phd. 116a: [tense] aor. ἐλουσάμην ibid.; [dialect] Ep.

λούσαντο Il.10.576

; [dialect] Dor. part.

λωσάμενος Berl.Sitzb.1927.157

([place name] Cyrene): —[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐλούθην Hp.Mul.1.11

, later

ἐλούσθην Lyc.446

: [tense] pf. λέλουμαι, [ per.] 3sg.

λέλουται Ar. Pax 868

; part.

λελουμένος Il.5.6

, later

λέλουσμαι LXX Ca.5.12

(cod. Vat.).—Another old form of the [tense] pres. was [full] λόω, whence [ per.] 3sg.

λόει Scol.25

, [ per.] 2sg. [voice] Med.

κατα-λόει Ar.Nu. 838

(prob.): [ per.] 3sg. [tense] impf.

λόε Od.10.361

, [ per.] 3pl.

λόον h.Ap. 120

; [ per.] 3sg. subj. [voice] Med.

λόηται IG12(5).569.5

(Ceos, iii B.C.); inf.

λόεσθαι Hes.Op. 749

:—to [full] λόω also belong the foll. [var] contr. forms, [ per.] 3sg. [tense] impf.

ἀπ-έλου Ar.V. 118

,

ἐλοῦμεν Id.Pl. 657

; [tense] pres. [voice] Pass.

λοῦται Semon.7.63

, X.Cyr.1.3.11, A.Fr. 366 (note); λοῦνται, ἐλοῦτο, Hdt.1.198, 3.125,

ἐλούμην Men.363

; [ per.] 3pl.

ἐλοῦντο X.Cyr.4.5.4

, etc. ([dialect] Dor. λῶντο, λώοντο, Call.Lav.Pall.72, 73); inf.

λοῦσθαι Od.6.216

, Hdt.3.124, Ar.Nu. 1044, Pl.Lg. 942b; part.

λούμενος Ar.Av. 1623

, Pl. 658, X.Mem.3.13.3: the forms ἐλούομεν, λούομαι, ἐλουόμην, etc., are rejected by Phryn.165, but are freq. found in codd., Lys.1.9, etc.: the imper. form λοῦ (glossed by λοῦσαι, Hsch.), if correct, is [var] contr. for λόε: (Cf. Lat. l[acaron]vo [fr. *lovo]): — wash, prop. wash the body ( νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes),

τὸν δ' Ἥβη λοῦσεν Il.5.905

;

δμῳαὶ λοῦσαν καὶ χρῖσαν ἐλαίῳ Od.4.49

, cf. 6.210; λοῦσ' ἐν ποταμῷ bathed me, i.e. let me bathe, 7.296; τίς ἄν σφε λούσειεν; A.Th. 739 (lyr.);

λούσαντες τὸν νεκρόν Hdt.2.86

, cf. E.Tr. 1152, S.Ant. 901;

λ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν Act.Ap. 16.33

; also λ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο washed me [with water] from a great cauldron, Od.10.361;

ὀϊστοὺς λοῦσεν φοινίσσᾳ.. Ἄρης ψακάδι Simon. 106

: c. acc. cogn., λουτρὸν λοῦσαί τινα, v. λουτρόν 1.2.

b rarely of things,

λ. τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ βαλανείου PFlor.384.30

(v A.D.).

2 metaph., purify, τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν v.l. in Apoc.1.5.

II [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., bathe,

λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι Od.6.216

: also c. gen., λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο (of a star just risen) fresh from Ocean's bath, Il.5.6; λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο bathe in the river, 6.508; so

ἀπὸ [κρήνης] λουόμενοι Hdt.3.23

: c. acc. cogn.,

τὸ λουτρὸν ἡ Ῥέα λοῦται Arr.Tact. 33.4

: abs.,

λούσαντο Od.4.48

, cf. Hdt.5.20, etc.; λελουμένος freshbathed, after bathing, Id.1.126, Ar.Lys. 1064 (lyr.);

ἐν βαλανείῳ λελουμένος Pl.R. 495e

;

λούεσθαι ἐν πηλῷ Arist.HA 595a31

;

εἰς λουτρῶνας Ptol.Euerg.3

J. (dub.): metaph.,

τόξα.. αἵματι λουσάμενα Simon.143

, cf. Call.Del.95;

λελουμένος τῷ φόνῳ Luc.DMeretr.13.3

.

2 in strict pass. sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i.e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, Hdt.3.124, 125.

3 in strict med. sense, c. acc., λοέσσασθαι χρόα wash one's body, Hes.Op. 522, Th.5; λούονται (v.l. λοῦνται)

ὕδατι τὸ σῶμα Hdt.4.75

.