I. causal in pres. ἐκδύω: impf. ἐξέδυον: fut. ἐκδύσω : aor. 1 ἐξέδυ_σα : late pf. “ἐκδέδυ^κα” AP5.72 (Rufin.) :— take off, strip off, c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, ἐκ μέν με χλαῖναν ἔδυσαν they stripped me of my cloak, Od.14.341 ; “ἐκδύων ἐμὲ..ἐσθῆτα” A.Ag.1269 ; “ἐκδύσας αὐτὸν [τὸν χιτῶνα]” X.Cyr.1.3.17 : c. acc. only, strip, “πάντας ἐ.” D.24.204 ; “ἐξέδυσαν [ἐκεῖνον]” Id.54.8.
2. Pass., ἐκδύομαι, aor. 1 ἐξεδύθην [υ^]: pf. ἐκδέδυ^μαι:—to be stripped of a thing, “τὸν χιτωνίσκον ἐκδεδύσθαι” Lys.10.10 ; “[Μαρσύας] τὸ δέπμα ἐκδύεται” Palaeph.47 : abs., to be stripped, “ἐκδυθῆναι” Antipho 2.2.5, cf. Plb.15.27.9.
3. Med., ἐκδύομαι, Cret. “ἐσδ-” GDI5100, fut. -δύσομαι: aor. 1 ἐξεδυσάμην:—strip oneself of a thing, put off, τεύχεά τ᾽ ἐξεδύοντο they were putting off their armour, Il.3.114 ; ἐκδύσασθαι (leg.-δύσεσθαι) “τὸν κιθῶνα” Hdt.5.106 ; “ἐκδεδύσθαι θοἰμάτιον” D.54.35 ; “θηρία ἐκδύεται τὸ ἄγριον” Plu.Pomp.28 : abs., put off one's clothes, strip, “θᾶττον ἐκδυώμεθα” Ar.Lys.686, cf. X.HG2.4.19 ; technically, of ephebi, SIG527.99 (Dreros, iii B.C.), GDI5100 : metaph. of death, 2 Ep.Cor. 5.4.
II. Act. in med. sense, put off, “μαλακὸν δ᾽ ἔκδυνε χιτῶνα” Od. 1.437 ; “ἐκδὺς χλαῖναν” 14.460 ; “τῶν ἱματίων κατὰ ἓν ἕκαστον ἐκδύνουσα” Hdt.1.9 : metaph., “τὸ γῆρας ἐκδύς” Ar.Pax336, cf. Arist.HA600b15 ; τὸ κέλυφος ib.549b25 :—Pass., of the clothes, to be put off, “ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ” Hdt.1.8.
III. aor. 2 ἐξέδυν: pf. ἐκδέδυ_κα:—go or get out of, c. gen., “ἐκδὺς μεγάροιο” Od.22.334 ; “ἐκδὺς καὶ ἀνακύψας τῆς θαλάσσης” emerging from.., Pl.Phd.109d : metaph., “ἐξέδυ δίκης” E.Supp.416 ; “ἐκδῦναι κακῶν” Id.IT602.
2. pf. and aor. 2 c. acc., escape, shun, νῶϊν δ᾽ ἐκδῦμεν ὄλεθρον [grant] us to escape.., Il.16.99 ; “ἐκδεδυκέναι τὰς λῃτουργίας” D.20.1 ; “τὸν φθόνον ἐκδύς” Plu.Pomp.30 ; “τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐσίαν ἐκδεδυκέναι ταῦτα” Plot.6.6.8.
3. abs., escape, Thgn.358 ; escapeone's memory, Pl.Alc.2.147e.
