ἐκμηρύομαι,
A. wind off like a ball of thread,
Jul. Gal. 135c ; of an army,makeitdefile out,
τὴν δύναμιν ἐκ τῶν δυσχωριῶν
Plb. Fr. 132
; διὰ στενῆς θυρίδος.. ἐκμηρυόμενος αὑτόν
Plu. Aem. 26
.
II. intr., of the army,defile,
X. An. 6.5.22 ; τῆς χαράδρας
Plb. 3.53.5
(butτὰς δυσχωρίαςib. 51.2 ).
III. metaph.,evolve itself, develop,
Dam. Pr. 65 , cf. eund. ap. Simp. in Ph. 780.30 .