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ἐκβάλλω,
[[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.AD+] ἐσδέλλω [[ “IG” 5(2).6.49 (Tegea, 4th c.BC), ] Refs 4th c.BC+]future -βᾰλῶ: aorist -έβαλον: perfect -βέβληκα: passive, future -βεβλήσομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1313 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— throw or cast out of, with genitive, Ὀδίον μέγαν ἔκβαλε δίφρου [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.39, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, throw out, ἐκ δ᾽ εὐνὰς ἔβαλον [[ 1.436, etc. ] Refs]; καὶ τὴν μὲν..ἰχθύσι κύρμα γενέσθαι ἔκβαλον threw her overboard, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.481, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24: then in various relations, ἐκπίπτω being frequently used as its ] Refs 8th c.BC+]passive:
__1 throw ashore, τὸν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽..νεὸς ἔκβαλε κῦμ᾽ ἐπὶ χέρσου [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.278; ἄνεμος.. τρηχέως περιέσπε..πολλὰς τῶν νεῶν ἐκβάλλων πρὸς τὸν Ἄθων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.44; ἐ. ἐς τὴν γῆν [prev. author] 7.170 (but in 2.113 ἄνεμοι..ἐκβάλλουσι ἐς τὸ πέλαγος] Refs 8th c.BC+] carry out to sea; ἐξέβαλεν ἄνεμος ἡμᾶς drove us out of our course, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 20)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, put ashore, ἵππους ἐξεβάλλοντο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.101 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; jettison, Syngr. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 cast out of a place, Κιμμερίους ἐκβαλόντες ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.103 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἐκ τῆς χώρας, of an enemy, [[ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 99, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of banishment, ἐκ πόλεως ἐ. drive out of the country, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 468d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 430, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a corpse, ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, τῶν ὁρίων, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 873b, 909c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative only. drive out, banish, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 121, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 646, 770, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; turn out, νεοττούς [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618b12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; cast out of the synagogue, [[ NT.John.9.34; ἐκ τοῦ τάγματος 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.8 ] NT+1st c.AD+]; exorcize, cast out evil spirits, [[ NT.Mark.1.34, +others ] NT]; also in weakened sense, cause to depart, [[[prev. work] 43. ] Refs]
Close Browse lexicon entries __3 expose on a desertisland, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 257, 1034, 1390 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; expose a dead body, ταφῆς ἄτερ [[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 1388 ] Refs]; ἐ. τέκνα expose children, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 964. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 ἐ. γυναῖκα ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας divorce her, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.83 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with simple accusative, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.63, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.18, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ LXX.Lev.21.7. ] LXX]
__5 cast out of his seat, depose a king, ἐ. ἕδρας Κρόνον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 203 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ τυραννίδος θρόνου τ᾽[[ [prev. work] 910; ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.9: without ἐκ, ἐ. τινὰ πλούτου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 649 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be ejected, of an occupier, [[ “PPetr.” 2p.143 (3rd c.BC), “PMagd.” 12.8 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; χάριτος ἐκβεβλημένη [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 808; ἐκ τῆς φιλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.5.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐξεβλήθησαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.70. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 throw decisively in wrestling. τίν᾽ οὐ παλαίουσ᾽ ἐς τρὶς ἐ.; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 941.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 ἐ. φρέατα dig wells, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 32. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__8 of drugs, get rid of, τοξεύματα [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.32. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__9 expel afterbirth, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.78. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__10 publish, σύνταξιν [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.4.11 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; issue, δόγμα[[ [prev. work] 19.6; ἀπόκρισιν [prev. author] 29.19.5. ] Refs]
__II strike out of, χειρῶν δ᾽ ἔκβαλλε κύπελλα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.396, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.210 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκβάλλεθ᾽..τευχέων πάλους throw them out of the urns, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 742: _absolutely_, δοῦρα ἐ.] Refs 4th c.BC+] fell trees (properly, cut them out of the forest), [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.244. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 strike open, break in, ἐ. θύρετρα, πύλας, θύρας, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1474, “Hec.” 1044, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.23, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.53. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III let fall, drop, χειρὸς δ᾽ ἔκβαλεν ἔγχος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.419; σφῦραν 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.28; ξίφος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 629, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 156; οἰστούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.6: _metaphorically_, ἦ ῥ᾽ ἅλιον ἔπος ἔκβαλον] Refs 8th c.BC+] let fall an idle word, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.324; εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.503, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1662, etc.; ἐ. ῥῆμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473e ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, utter, speak, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 9.7 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; shed, δάκρυα δ᾽ ἔκβαλε θερμά [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.362 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἕρκος ὀδόντων cast, shed one's teeth, [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 27, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 644, etc. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; throw up blood, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1238 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; spit out, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκβαλεῦσι τὰς κούρας their eyes will drop out, proverbial of covetous persons, [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.64. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IV throw away, cast aside, reject, εὐμένειαν, χάριν, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 631, 636, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.14.4; προγόνων παλαιὰ θέσμια 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 360.45; θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1477 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; recall, repudiate, ἐ. λόγους [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 46b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; annul, τοὔπος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 849 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; remoue an official from his post, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.87 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; drive an actor from the stage, [[ [prev. author] 19.337 ] Refs]: metaphorically, of a politician, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 368d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 525; ἐκβάλλεσθαι ἄξια 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V lose, properly by one's own fault, φρένας, τἀγαθόν. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 649, “Aj.” 965, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 404, “Ec.” 75. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI produce, of women, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.25 (of premature birth), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in case of a miscarriage or abortion, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.60, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.18.8; βρέφος ἐκ τῆς γαστρός 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 34; with play on 1.2, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.102, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; hatch chicks, [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 251. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.b of plants, ἐ. καρπόν put forth fruit, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 22; ἐ. στάχυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 75)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὰ ἐκβαλλόμενα [[ “BGU” 197.12 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VII put out a bone or joint, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 31, “Art.” 67; χεῖρα 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.15.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VIII upset, undo the effect of a speech, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.10.6. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IX in Mathematics texts, produce a line, in passive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 71b29, “Mech.” 850a11, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.29, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. εἰς ἄπειρον produce to infinity, in metaphorically sense, τὰ δεινά [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.12, compare 13. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IX.2 start counting, in astronomical calculations, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 252. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__X intransitive, go out, depart, ἵν᾽ ἐκβάλω ποδὶ ἄλλην ἐπ᾽ αἶαν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 96 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the sea, break out of its bed, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 367b13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a rivcr, branch off, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113a: _metaphorically_, ἐπειδὰν ἐς μειράκια ἐκβάλωσιν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 52.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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