γυμνόω , mid. pres. γυμνοῦσθαι, pass. aor. (ἐ)γυμνώθην: strip,
denude; in Hom. only mid. and pass., Od. 6.222
; ῥακέων ἐγυμνώθη, ‘threw
off,’ we should say, Od.
22.1. Usually of being ‘disarmed,’ γυμνωθέντα βραχι?ονα, i. e. unprotected by
the shield, Il. 12.389
; τεῖχος ἐγυμνώθη, Il. 12.399.