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γυμνός , ή, όν,
A.naked, unclad,γ. περ ἐώνOd.6.136, etc.; “τὰ γ.Thphr.Char.4.4: Comp., “Ἴρου γυμνότεροςProcop.Gaz.Ep.122; γυμνὸν στάδιον, opp. ὁπλιτοδρόμος, Pi.P.11.49.
2. unarmed,οὐδ᾽ ὑπέμεινε Πάτροκλον, γυμνόν περ ἐόντ᾽ ἐν δηϊοτῆτιIl.16.815, etc.; “γυμνὰ τὰ νῶτα παρέχεινPlu.Fab.11; “τὰ γυμνάparts not covered by armour, exposed parts, Th.3.23, X.HG4.4.12; esp. right side (the left being covered by the shields), Th.5.10.71.
3. of things bare, γ. τόξον an uncoveredbow,i.e. taken out of the case, Od.11.607; “γ.ὀϊστός21.417; “γ. μάχαιραιTheoc.22.146; “ξίφοςA.R.1.1254; “γ. τῇ κεφαλῇPl.Phdr.243b.
5. lightly clad, i.e. in the undergarment only, Hes.Op.391, Ar.Nu.498, Pl.R.474a, Luc.Herm.23; “μικροῦ γ. ἐν τῷ χιτωνίσκῳD.21.216; of horses, without harness, Arr. Cyn.24.3.
7. destitute, PSI6.605.4(iii B.C.), etc.
8. bare, mere,κόκκος1 Ep.Cor.15.37.
9. beardless, A.R.2.707.
10. scalped, Archil.161.
12. prov. of impossibilities, “γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττειςPherecr.144, Philem.12. (Akin to Skt. nagnás, Lat. nādus, etc.; cf. λυγνός.
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