ἀπο-λούω,
__I with accusative of things, wash off, λούειν ἄπο βρότον[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.7:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, ὄφρ᾽.. ἅλμην ὤμοιϊν ἀπολούσομαι that I may wash the brine from off my shoulders, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.219 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of baptism, ἀ. τὰς ἁμαρτίας[[ NT.Act.22.16. ] NT]
__I.2 with accusative person, wash clean, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 118 (ἀπέλου for ἀπέλοε, see at {λούω}), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 405b, 406a] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, wash away from oneself, λούσασθαι ἄπο βρότον αἱματόεντα[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.41; τὸ σῶμα ἀπελούετο 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.13] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in archaic style, ἀπολούμενος[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 2, compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.97e, 98a. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.3 with accusative person et of things, ὄφρα τάχιστα Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον might wash the gore off him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.345: with _genitive_ _of things_, καί μ᾽ ἀπέλουσε λύθρου “epigram Gr.” 314.6 (from Smyrna). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.4 ἀπολουσέμεναι· κολ[λ]οβώσειν [[(5th c.AD: Cypria), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; compare ἀπολέπω.