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λυμαίνομαι λύμη

I.to treat with indignity, to outrage, to maltreat, c. acc., Hdt., Soph., etc.; c. acc. cogn., λύμης, ἥν με ἐλυμήνω Eur.:—of things, τὰς ῥήσεις ἃς ἐλυμαίνου the speeches you used to murder (as an actor), Dem.; ὀψοποιία λ. τὰ ὄψα spoils, Xen.
2.c. dat. to inflict indignities or outrages upon, Hdt., Ar., etc.
3.absol. to cause ruin, Thuc., Xen.
II.sometimes as Pass., λυμανθὲν δέμας Aesch.; λελυμάνθαι Dem.

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