A.strip bare, mostly of hair, “ψ. τὴν κεφαλήν τινος” Hdt.4.26; “ψιλοῦν τὰ δέρματα” Thphr.HP9.20.3; ψ. τὰ δένδρα strip them bare, ib.4.14.9:—Pass., become bald, “ψιλοῦτο δὲ καλὰ κάρηνα” Hes.Fr.29; “χελιδόνες . . ἐψιλωμέναι” bare of feathers, Arist.HA600a16.
II. c. gen., strip bare of, “σαρκῶν ἐπωμίδα” Hp.Art.1:—Pass., “ὀστέων κατήγματα ἐψιλωμένα” Id.Aph.5.22, cf. Art.69, Arist.HA519b5.
2. strip, rob, deprive of a thing, “ψ. [τινὰ] τὰ πλεῖστα τῆς δυνάμιος” Hdt.2.151; “τινὰ χρημάτων” Alciphr.1.18: abs. in same sense, X.Cyr.4.5.12:—Pass., “ἐλπίδος ὁ καιρὸς ἐψιλώθη” Phld.Herc.1232p.67V.
3. generally, leave naked, unarmed, or defenceless, Th.3.109.
4. Pass., to be laid bare, of roots, X.Oec.17.12 sq.; “ψιλωθέντα κέρατα” exposed, unprotected, Plb.3.73.7; “τὸ ψιλούμενον στεγαστέον” X.Eq.12.7.
5. strip off, pull out, “τρίχας” Dsc.2.179:—Pass., of things, to be stripped off something, “τὰ κρέα ἐψιλωμένα τῶν ὀστέων” Hdt.4.61; cf. ψίλωμα.
III. Gramm., write or pronounce with the spiritus lenis, or a littera tenuis, opp. δασύνω, Phld.Rh.1.155S., cf. EM780.31 (Pass.), D.T.Supp.675.11, A.D.Synt.39.1, Pron.57.2, Eust.515.38, Tz.H. 11.53.
