(iii B. C.): cf.διαλυμαίνομαι: some of these forms are also used in pass. sense,v.infr. 11 : (λύμη):—outrage, maltreat, esp. of personal injuries, scourging, binding, etc. (cf. D. 23.33 ), but also in moral sense:—Constr.:
(iii A. D.).—The constr. with dat. is considered strictly Att. , Sch. Ar. Nu. 925 ; but X. almost always uses the acc., which is freq. also in the Oratt.; Pl. does not use the word at all.
3. abs.,cause ruin, ὅσα μετ' ἐλπίδων λυμαίνεται
Th. 5.103
; πᾶν τὸ λυμαινόμενόν ἐστιν ἔνδοθεν
Men. 540.3
;cause damage,
IG 5(2).6.16 (Tegea,iv B. C.); also,inflict punishment, ib. 5 ( 1 ). 1390.26 (Andania,i B. C.).
4. c. dat. modi,λυμαίνεσθαι [τινα] λύμῃσι ἀνηκέστοισι treatwith the worstill-treatment, Hdt. 6.12 ;γλῶτταν ἡδοναῖς λ. defileit, Ar. Eq. 1284 .
5. c. neut.Adj.,τἆλλα πάντα λυμαίνεσθαι inflictall possibleindignities, Hdt. 3.16 ; αὐτῷ τάδ' ἄλλα Βάκχιος λ.