λούω
I. "to wash" another, properly, "to wash" his "body" (νίζω being used of the "hands and feet", πλύνω of "clothes)", Hom.; λούσατε ἐν ποταμῶι "bathe" him, i. e. "let him bathe", Od.:—also, λό᾽ ἐκ τρίποδος "washed" me [with water] from a caldron, id=Od.
II. Mid. and Pass. "to bathe", c. gen., λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο (of a star just risen), "fresh from" Ocean's "bath", Il.;so, λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο "to bathe" [in water] of the river, id=Hom.; so, ἀπὸ κρήνης λούμενος Hdt.:—absol., λούσαντο Od., etc.; λελουμένος "fresh-bathed, after bathing", Hdt.; ἦλθε λουσόμενος (Hor., "ire lavatum)", Ar.
2. in strict pass. sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i. e. "to be washed" by the rain from heaven, Hdt.
3. in strict mid. sense, λοέσσασθαι χρόα "to wash one's" body, Hes.