A.naked, unclad, “γ. περ ἐών” Od.6.136, etc.; “τὰ γ.” Thphr.Char.4.4: Comp., “Ἴρου γυμνότερος” Procop.Gaz.Ep.122; γυμνὸν στάδιον, opp. ὁπλιτοδρόμος, Pi.P.11.49.
2. unarmed, “οὐδ᾽ ὑπέμεινε Πάτροκλον, γυμνόν περ ἐόντ᾽ ἐν δηϊοτῆτι” Il.16.815, etc.; “γυμνὰ τὰ νῶτα παρέχειν” Plu.Fab.11; “τὰ γυμνά” parts 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.ὀϊστός” 21.417; “γ. μάχαιραι” Theoc.22.146; “ξίφος” A.R.1.1254; “γ. τῇ κεφαλῇ” Pl.Phdr.243b.
4. c.gen., stripped of a thing, “κολεοῦ γ. φάσγανον” Pi. N.1.52, cf. X.Ages.2.14; “κᾶπος [δένδρων] γ.” Pi.O.3.24; “γ. ὀστράκων” A.Fr.337; “γ. προπομπῶν” Id.Pers.1036 (lyr.); (but also “γ. τῶν ἀριστείων ἄτερ” S.Aj.464): in Prose, “γ. ὅπλων” Hdt.2.141 (v.l.); “ἡ ψυχὴ γ. τοῦ σώματος” Pl.Cra.403b, cf. R.577b, Grg.523d: Comp. “ἀνδριάντων -ότερος” D.Chr.34.3.
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 χιτωνίσκῳ” D.21.216; of horses, without harness, Arr. Cyn.24.3.
6. of facts, naked, bald, “γυμνῶν τῶν πραγμάτων θεωρουμένων” D.S.1.76; “γ. τὸ ἔργον διηγήσασθαι” Luc.Tox.42; “γυμνοτέροις χρήσασθαι τοῖς ὀνόμασιν” Ph.1.5; “γ. χρῆσθαι τῇ μιμήσει” Demetr.Eloc. 112. Adv. -ῶς baldly, Sch.A.Pers.740.
7. destitute, PSI6.605.4(iii B.C.), etc.
8. bare, mere, “κόκκος” 1 Ep.Cor.15.37.
9. beardless, A.R.2.707.
10. scalped, Archil.161.
12. prov. of impossibilities, “γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττεις” Pherecr.144, Philem.12. (Akin to Skt. nagnás, Lat. nādus, etc.; cf. λυγνός.)