A.“ἐλωβῆτο” Sophr.21: fut. -ήσομαι Pl.Cri.47d: aor. “ἐλωβησάμην” Hdt.3.154, cf. Theoc.5.109, etc.: for pf. and aor. Pass., v. infr.: (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; also “λ. 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. Act. λωβάω only Ps.Phoc.38, and κατ-ελώβησαν in Plb.15.33.9: but pf. is used as Pass., λελωβημένος mutilated, Hdt.3.155, Pl.Grg.511a, R.611b, etc.; esp. of leprous persons, Man. ap. J.Ap.1.28: also aor. Pass., “μεγάλας λώβας λωβηθείς” Pl.Grg.473c: and Ion. pres. 3pl. λωβέονται in Hp.Art. l.c.(v.l.); cf. ἀπο-, ἐκ-λωβάομαι.
