ἐκκολ-άπτω,
A. erase, obliterate,
τὸ ἐλεγεῖον
Th. 1.132
; τὸ ψήφισμα
D. 57.64
;τῆς ἐπιγραφῆςany part of..,CIG(add.) 4224d (Anticragus), cf. Aristid. 1.425J.
II. peckthe chickout ofthe egg,hatch,
Arist. HA 618a13 ; ἐ. τοὺς ἀνθρώπους
Luc. VH 1.22
; ἧπαρ
Id. Prom. 9
:— Pass. , Arist. HA 562a14 ;ᾠὸν ἐκκεκολαμμένον emptyegg-shell, Thphr. HP 3.16.4 ; of a seam of ore, Gal. 12.239 .