γυμν-όω,
strip naked, τὰ ὀστέα τῶν κρεῶν γ. strip the bones of their flesh, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.61; σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 410:— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only middle and passive, strip oneself or be stripped naked, αἰδέομαι γὰρ γυμνοῦσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.222 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; mostly of warriors, to be exposed, ὅτεῳ στρεφθέντι μετάφρενα γυμνωθείη [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.428; οὖτα Θόαντα στέρνον γυμνωθέντα παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα 16.312, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.341, Callias Epigrammaticus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]lamb.[[ 1.219 ] Refs]; τεῖχος ἐγυμνώθη the wall was left bare, i.e. defenceless, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.399: with _genitive_, γυμνώθη ῥακέων] Refs 8th c.BC+] he stripped himself of his rags, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.1 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; later γυμνωθὲν ξίφος, δόρυ, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.64, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 624 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, to be stripped or deprived of a thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 601b; ἀφορμῆς 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, lay bare, φύσιν τῷ λόγῳ [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.118 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 400. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__3 lay aside, σάκκον [[ LXX.Jdt.9.1. ] LXX]