A.strip naked, τὰ ὀστέα τῶν κρεῶν γ. strip the bones of their flesh, Hdt.4.61; “σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ” S.Ant.410:—Hom. only Med. and Pass., strip oneself or be stripped naked, “αἰδέομαι γὰρ γυμνοῦσθαι” Od.6.222; mostly of warriors, to be exposed, “ὅτεῳ στρεφθέντι μετάφρενα γυμνωθείη” Il.12.428; “οὖτα Θόαντα στέρνον γυμνωθέντα παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα” 16.312, cf. Od.10.341, Call.lamb.1.219; τεῖχος ἐγυμνώθη the wall was left bare, i.e. defenceless, Il.12.399: c. gen., γυμνώθη ῥακέων he stripped himself of his rags, Od.22.1; later γυμνωθὲν ξίφος, δόρυ, Hdt.3.64, A.Th.624: metaph., to be stripped or deprived of a thing, Pl.R.601b; “ἀφορμῆς” Antipho Soph.14.
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