ῥύπος

A. dirt, filth, used by Hom. once in heterocl.pl., κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα Od. 6.93: later in sg., Semon. 7.63, A. Fr. 82 (cf. Ar. Fr. 892), Pl. Prm. 130c, Eup. 252, Alex. 197, etc.; ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ ῥ. Arist. Pr. 960b18, cf. Artem. 1.24, PMag.Osl. 1.332; ῥ. ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν τοῖς γυμνασίοις ἀνδριάντων Gal. 12.116; τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀνύχων ῥύπον Suid. s.v. γρύ; ἅπαν ῥύπον all of it filth (acc.), Theoc. 15.20; of a person, πρὸς τὸ μὴ λοῦσθαι ῥύπος Aristopho 10.4:—also ῥύπος, εος, τό, of cheese-parings, Hp. Mul. 1.64.

2. metaph., sordidness, meanness, ὁ ῥ. τοῦ χαμαὶ βίου M.Ant. 7.47.

II. sealing-wax, τοὺς ῥ. ἀνασπάσαι Ar. Lys. 1198.