ἐξοχ-ή,ἡ, (ἐξέχω)
A. prominence,
ἐ. κεράτων elevated nature,
Arist. PA 663a8
; πέτρας
LXX Jb. 39.28
;ζῴων ἐξοχαί embossed figureson shields, D.S. 5.30 ; εἰσοχαὶ καὶ ἐ.
S.E. P. 1.120
, cf. Simp. in Cael. 409.13 ;wart,
Dsc. 2.104 ; ἐ. ἀκανθώδεις
Id. 3.16
; also, = ἐξοχάδες , ib. 80 ;extremitiesof animals, J. AJ 3.10.3 .
II. metaph.,pre-eminence,
ἐ. in nullo est,
Cic. Att. 4.15.7
; ἀπεργάσασθαι τὴν ἐ.
Longin. 10.3