;ὀρθὸς ἐξ ὀρθῶν δίφρων withchariot still upright, Id. El. 742 ; ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός
Id. Tr. 875
; ἐξ ἑνὸς ποδός
Id. Ph. 91
.
3. to denote change or succession, freq. with an antithetic repetition of the same word,δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦone evil comesfrom(orafter) another, Il. 19.290 ; ἐκ φόβου φόβον τρέφω
4. to express separation or distinctionfroma number,ἐκ πολέων πίσυρεςfourout ofmany, Il. 15.680 ; μοῦνος ἐξ ἁπάντων σωθῆναι
Hdt. 5.87
;εἶναι ἐκ τῶν δυναμένωνto beone ofthe wealthy, Pl. Grg. 525e ;ἐμοὶ ἐκ πασέων Ζεὺς ἄλγε' ἔδωκενto meout of(i.e.above) all, Il. 18.431 , cf. 432 ; ἐκ πάντων μάλιστα
4.96
, cf. S. Ant. 1137 (lyr.), etc. ; redundant, εἷς τῶν ἐκ τῶν φίλων σου
LXX Jd. 15.2
.
5. of Position,outside of, beyond,chiefly in early writers,ἐκ βελέων out ofshot, Il. 14.130 , etc. ;ἐκ καπνοῦ out ofthe smoke, Od. 19.7 ;ἐκ πατρίδος banished fromone's country, 15.272 ;ἐκ μεσου
κατῆστοsate downapart fromthe company, Hdt. 3.83 ;ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι out ofits accustomed quarters, Id. 2.142 ;ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν out ofsight, Id. 5.24 ;ἐξ ὁδοῦ out ofthe road, S. OC 113 .
6. with Verbs of Rest, where previous motion is implied,on, in, δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθος..πῦρlighted a firefrom(i.e.on) his helmet, Il. 5.4 ;ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα ϝίζετοwashed his bodyinthe river (with water fromthe river), Od. 6.224 : freq. with Verbs signifying hang or fasten,σειρήν..ἐξ οὐρανόθεν κρεμάσαντεςhaving hung a chainfromheaven, Il. 8.19 ;ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγαhe hung his lyrefrom(i.e.on) the peg, Od. 8.67 ;ἀνάπτεσθαι ἔκ τινοςfastenfromi.e.upon) a thing, 12.51 ; μαχαίρας εἶχον ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων
Il. 18.598
;πρισθεὶς ἐξ ἀντύγωνgrippedtothe chariot-rail, S. Aj. 1030 , etc.;ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἵππον ἐπέλκουσαleading it [by a rein]uponher arm, Hdt. 5.12 : with Verbs signifying hold, lead,ἐξ ἐκείνων ἔχειν τὰς ἐλπίδαςto have their hopesdependent uponthem, Th. 1.84 ;ἐκ χειρὸς ἄγεινleadbythe hand, Bion Fr. 7.2 ;ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαιib. 6.2 ; ἐκ τῆς οὐρᾶς λαμβάνεσθαι
Luc. Asin. 23
: with the Art. indicating the place of origin,οἱ ἐκ τῶν νήσων κακοῦργοιthe robbersofthe islands, Th. 1.8 , cf. 2.5 , 13 ;τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίαςthoseinthe sea-fight, Pl. Ap. 32b ;τοὺς ἐκ τῶν σκηνῶνthoseinthe tents, D. 18.169 ; ἁρπασόμενοι τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν
X. Cyr. 7.2.5
; οἱ ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου ἔθεον
Id. An. 4.6.25
: even with Verbs of sitting or standing,εἰσεῖδε στᾶς' ἐξ Οὐλύμποιο fromOlympus where she stood, Il. 14.154 ;καθῆσθαι ἐκ πάγωνto sitonthe heights and lookfromthem, S. Ant. 411 ; στὰς ἐξ ἐπάλξεων ἄκρων
5. with the agent after Pass. Verbs,by,Poet. and early Prose,ἐφίληθεν ἐκ Διόςthey were belovedof(i.e.by) Zeus, Il. 2.669 ;κήδε' ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διόςib. 70 ; προδεδόσθαι ἐκ Πρηξάσπεος
Hdt. 3.62
; τὰ λεχθέντα ἐξ Ἀλεξάνδρου
Id. 7.175
, cf. S. El. 124 (lyr.), Ant. 93 , Th. 3.69 , Pl. Ti. 47b ; ἐξ ἁπάντων ἀμφισβητήσεται
Id. Tht. 171b
; ὁμολογουμένους ἐκ πάντων
X. An. 2.6.1
; τὰς ἐκ θεῶν τύχας δοθείσας
S. Ph. 1316
, cf. Pl. Ly. 204c : with neut. Verbs, ἐκ..πατρὸς κακὰ πείσομαι
Od. 2.134
, cf. A. Pr. 759 ; τλῆναί τι ἔκ τινος
Il. 5.384
; θνήσκειν ἔκ τινος
S. El. 579
, OT 854 , etc.; τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων
Hdt. 1.1
.
6. of Cause, Instrument, or Meansbywhich a thing is done,ἐκ πατέρων φιλότητος in consequenceof our fathers' friendship, Od. 15.197 ; μήνιος ἐξ ὀλοῆς
9. of Number or Measurement, with numerals,ἐκ τρίτων inthe thirdplace,
E. Or. 1178 , Pl. Grg. 500a , Smp. 213b ; distributively,apiece,
Ath. 15.671b .
b. of Price, ἐξ ὀκτὼ ὀβολῶν
SIG 2587.206
;ἐκ τριῶν δραχμῶνib. 283 ; συμφωνήσας ἐκ δηναρίου
Ev.Matt. 20.2
.
c. of Weight, ἐπιπέμματα ἐξ ἡμιχοινικίου
Inscr.Prien. 362
(iv B.C.).
d. of Space,θινώδης ὢν ὁ τόπος ἐξ εἴκοσι σταδίων by the space oftwenty stades, Str. 8.3.19 .
B. ἐκis freq. separated from its CASE, Il. 11.109 , etc.—It takes an accent in anastrophe, 14.472 , Od. 17.518 .— Ep. use it with Advbs. in-θεν, ἐξ οὐρανόθεν, ἐξ ἁλόθεν, ἐξ Αἰσύμηθεν,
Il. 17.548 , 21.335 , 8.304 ; ἐκ Διόθεν
Hes. Op. 765
; ἐκ πρῴρηθεν
Theoc. 22.11
.—It is combined with other Preps. to make the sense more definite, asδιέκ, παρέκ, ὑπέκ.
C. IN COMPO S. the sense ofremovalprevails ;out, away, off.
