A.water used in washing, or dirt removed by washing, offscourings, “οἱ δ᾽ ἀπελυμαίνοντο καὶ εἰς ἅλα λύματα βάλλον” Il.1.314; “ἀμβροσίῃ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπὸ χροὸς . . λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν” 14.171; “ἔκλυζεν ποταμῷ λύματα” Call.Aet.3.1.25; of catarrhal discharges, purgations, Hp.Gland.12; λύμαθ᾽ ἁγνίσας ἐμά, of the blood on his hands, S.Aj.655; τόκοιο λύματα, = τὰ λόχια, Call.Jov.17: generally, offscourings, refuse, “γῆς” Id.Ap.109; “δόμων ἐκ λύματ᾽ ἔνεικαν” A.R.4.710; of ordure, Call.Fr.216; “ἔκβολα λ. δαιτός” Id.Cer.116; “ἐκκλύζειν τὰ λ. τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν Τίβεριν” Str.5.3.8, cf. Plu.2.518b.
λῦμα (A), ατος, τό, mostly in pl. (sg. in Berl.Sitzb.1927.159 (Cyrene)),