A.to be filthy, slovenly, “μάλα περ ῥυπόωντα καθῆραι” Od.6.87; “ῥωγαλέα, ῥυπόωντα” 13.435; “ἦ ὅτι δὴ ῥυπόω” 19.72; “νῦν δ᾽ ὅττι ῥυπόω” 23.115; “ῥυπόωντα δὲ ἕστα χιτῶνα” 24.227; “ῥυπῶντα, κυφόν, ἄφλιον” Ar.Pl.266; of the habits of Spartans and philosophers, “ἐρρύπων, ἐσωκράτων” Ar.Av.1282; “τοὺς Πυθαγοριστὰς . . ῥυπᾶν ἑκόντας” Aristopho 9.2, cf. Luc.Nec.4; “τὰ ῥυπῶντα τῶν τραυμάτων” Ael.NA 14.4.
II. Pass., to be filled with wax, of the ear, prob. in S.Fr. 858.