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ἐξαιρ-έω,
future -ησω, later ἐξελῶ [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.56, etc.: ] Refs 1st c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐξεῖλον, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ἔξελον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.56, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.26 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive ἐξελεῖν:—middle, future ἐξαιρήσομαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 924; later ἐξελοῦμαι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.9: ] Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐξειλόμην,[[ rarely 1 ἐξῃρησάμην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 761 (perhaps interpolated):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, perfect -ῄρημαι, Ionic dialect -αραίρημαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—take out, ἔνθεν.. ἔξελε πέπλους [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.229 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπείνιν καθαροῦ λέβητος ἔξελε Κλωθώ Pi.[same place]; τὸ δέλτα τοῦ ὀνόματος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 413e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, take out, τὴν κοιλίην, τὴν νηδύν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40 (tmesis), 87; πρὶν ἀνταράξας πῖαρ ἐξεῖλεν γάλα 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 36.21 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, εἰ τὸ ἔαρ ἐκ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐξαραιρημένον εἴη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.162, cf. Pericl. cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365a33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 middle, take out for oneself, φαρέτρης ἐξείλετο πικρὸν ὀϊστόν from his quiver, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.323 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξελέσθαι τὰ μεγάλα ἱστία their large sails, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὰ φορτία discharge their cargoes, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.196; τὰ ἀγώγιμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.1.16; τὸν σῖτον ἐς [τὴν στοὰν] ἐξαιρεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.90: _absolutely_, Syngr. cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.13, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be discharged, of a cargo, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II take from a common stock, reserve, κούρην, ἣν ἄρα μοι γέρας ἔξελον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.56; Ἀλκινόῳ δ᾽ αὐτὴν γέρας ἔξελον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.10, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.627; βασιλέϊ τεμένεα ἐξελὼν καὶ ἱερωσύνας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.161; Νίσῳ ἐ. χθόνα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 24.5; θεοῖσιν ἀκροθίνια 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 470; κλήρους τοῖς θεοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.50 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, choose for oneself, carry off as booty, τὴν ἐκ Αυρνησσοῦ ἐξείλετο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.690, compare 9.130 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; choose, μενοεικέα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.232; μίαν ἕκαστος σιτοποιὸν ἐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.150, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.20; ταύτας ἐξείλεθ᾽ αὑτῷ κτῆμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 245 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δῶρον.. πόλεος ἐξελέσθαι to have accepted as a gift, [[ [prev. author] “OC” 541 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]:—passive, to be given as a special honour, τινί to one, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.114 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξαραιρημένος Ποσειδέωνι dedicated to him, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.148; γέρεα.. σφι ἦν τάδε ἐξαραιρημένα [prev. author] 2.168 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. αὐτοῖς set apart for them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 117c; τὰ τεμένη τὰ ἐξῃρημένα “IG” 12.45.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of funds, to be set apart, ear-marked, [[ “SIG” 577.64 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but τοῦ ἀργυρίου τοῦ ἐκ τοῦ λιθοτομείου ἐξαιρουμένου moneys received from.., [[ “IG” 22.47. ] Refs]
__II.2 take out of a number, except, μητέρας ἐξελόντες [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.150; Σιμμίαν ἐξαιρῶ λόγου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III remove people from their country, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30; τοὺς ἐν τῇ λίμνῃ κατοικημένους [prev. author] 5.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρουθούς (i.e. ἐκ τοῦ νηοῦ) [[ [prev. author] 1.159 ] Refs]: generally, remove, τὸν λίθον [[ [prev. author] 2.125; ἐκ τοῦ λυχνούχου τὸν λύχνον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 102; πατρὸς φόβον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 991, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀδυρμούς, ἄγνοιαν, ἔρωτα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 387d, “Lg.” 771e, “Smp.” 186d; ἀλλήλων τὴν ἀπιστίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, νεῖκος [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 904 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμῶν ἐ. τὴν διαβολὴν.. ταύτην remove this prejudice from your minds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 19a, compare 24a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 get rid of, [ὗν] ἐκ τῆς χώρας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36; θῆρας χθονός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; make away with, παῖδας, θῆρα, [[ [prev. author] “HF” 39, 154; Ἀθηναίους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2.b destroy, πόλιν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.103, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.113, 4.69, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.30; χωρία [prev. author] 23.115; οἰκίδιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 199, compare 278; φρούριον 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.86. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2.c annul, bring to naught, θέσφατα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 908 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 middle, ψυχήν, θυμόν, φρένας ἐξελέσθαι, either with accusative person, bereave a person of life, etc., as μιν ἐξείλετο θυμόν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.460, 17.678 (so in Trag., 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 69, “IA” 972): or with _genitive_ _person_, as μευ φρένας ἐξέλετο Ζεύς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.137, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 89; σεῦ ψυχὴν χαλκῷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.754; μου τέρψιν ἐξείλου βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 347, etc.: rarely, with _dative_ _person_, Γλαύκῳ φρένας ἐξέλετο Ζεύς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.234; [οἰωνοῖς] τέκνα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.218: in tmesi, ἐκ δέος εἵλετο γυίων 6.140; ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιο 20.62, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.381 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, take away from one, τὰ φίλτατα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1208:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἐξαιρεθέντες τὸν Δημοκήδεα having had him taken out of their hands, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.137; τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν τοῦ πλοῦ οὐκ ἐξῃρέθησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.24, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 519d, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 passive, to be removed from, i.e. transcend, τοῦ τῶν ὄντων πλήθους [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.546 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑνάδες ἐξῃρημέναι transcendent, [[[prev. work]p.547 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 7; τὸ μᾶλλον -μένον μᾶλλον καὶ χωρεῖ διὰ τῶν ἄλλων [prev. work] 325. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb ἐξῃρημένως transcendently, [[[prev. work] 270 ] Refs]; ultimately, opposed to προσεχῶς, [[ 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus in “de An.” 270.14. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__IV middle, set free, deliver, τινά [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 924, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 316 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων τινά Decrees cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.90; ἐκ τῆς ἀνάγκης “PPetr.” 3p.74; ἐκ τῶν θλίψεων NT.Act.7.10 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; ἐξαιρεῖσθαι εἰς ἐλευθερίαν claim as a freeman, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.42, 10.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 bring to an end, accomplish, πᾶν γὰρ ἐξαιρεῖ λόγος [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 516.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —Freq. confounded with ἐξαίρω.
