A.cleanse, wash, esp. with soap or lye, “ῥ. τὰ ἱμάτια” Id.Mete.359a22; “τὰν γλῶτταν” Ti.Locr.100e; “τὰς χεῖρας” Phylotim. ap. Ath.3.79c:—Med., wash oneself, Antiph.148.3, Thphr.HP9.9.3, f.l. in Nic.Al.530; aor. “ἐρρύψαντο” Ph.1.613; “λουομένη τὰς τρίχας ἐρρύπτετο” Polyaen.8.27: prov., ἐξ ὅτου 'γὼ ῥύπτομαι ever since I began to wash, i.e. from my childhood, Ar.Ach. 17.
ῥύπ-τω , (ῥύπος)