I. in fut. -δύσω, aor. 1 -έδυ_υσα (for pf. -δέδυ_κα v. infr. 11.1), trans. used by Hom. (esp. in Il.) of stripping armour from the slain,
1. c. acc. rei, strip off, “τεύχεα δ᾽ Ἕκτωρ δηώσας ἀπέδυσε” Il.18.83, cf. 4.532, etc.; “ἀπὸ μὲν φίλα εἵματα δύσω” 2.261; “ἀ. τί τινος” Pl.Chrm.154e.
2. c. acc. pers., strip, “ἀπέδυσε τὰς . . γυναῖκας” Hdt.5.92.ή, cf. Pl.Epigr.12.3; ἵνα μὴ ῥιγῶν ἀποδύη (sc. τοὺς ὁδοιπόρους) Ar.Av.712, cf. Th.636, Ec.668: c. dupl. acc., “τὴν ἐσθῆτά τινα ἀ.” Luc.Nigr.13:—Pass., to be stripped of one's clothes, οὔ τοι τοῦτον ἀποδυθήσομαι (sc. τὸν τρίβωνα) Ar.V.1122; “ἵνα μή ποτε κἀποδυθῆ μεθύων” Id.Ra.715, cf. Pl.930; “θοἰμάτιον ἀποδεδύσθαι” Lys. 10.10; ἀποδυόμενος stripped of its shell, of the nautilus, Arist.HA 622b18.
II. Med., fut. -δύσομαι: aor. 1 “-εδυσάμην” Od.5.349 (v.l.), Pl.R.612a(v.l.), Lys.Fr.232S., etc.; mostly with intr. aor. 2 Act. ἀπέδυν, pf. ἀποδέδυ_κα (used trans. by X.An.5.8.23 πολλοὺς ἤδη ἀποδέδυκεν):—strip off oneself, take off, “εἵματα ταῦτ᾽ ἀποδύς” Od.5.343; “ἀπόδυθι . . θοἰμάτιον” Ar.Th.214; τῶν ἱματίων ἀποδύσας (aor. 2 part. pl. fem.) having stripped off some of them, ib.656; “σῶμ᾽ ἀποδυσάμενος” Epigr.Gr.403 (Galatia): metaph., “ἀ. τὴν ὑπόκρισιν” J.AJ13.7.1.
2. abs., ἀποδυσάμενος having stripped, v.l. for ἀπολυσ-, Od.5.349; “ἀποδύντες” stripped naked, Th.1.6, cf. Pl.Mx.236d: metaph., ἀποδύεσθαι πρὸς τὸ λέγειν, εἰς ἀγορανομίαν, Plu.Dem.6, Brut.15; οἱ ἀποδυόμενοι εἰς τὴν παλαίστραν those who strip for the palaestra, who practise there, Lys.Fr.45.1; “εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον” IG14.256 (Phintias); “πρὸς τὸ ἀχανὲς πέλαγος” Jul.Or.4.142c; ἀποδύντες τοῖς ἀναπαίστοις ἐπίωμεν let us strip and attack the anapaests, Ar.Ach.627, cf. Ra.641.