ἐκδέω,
bind so as to hang from, fasten to or on, with genitive, πέτρης ἐκ πείσματα δήσας [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.96 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; [δρῦς] ἔκδεον ἡμιόνων they bound the oaks to the mules, i.e. they yoked the mules to them, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.121; τοῦ τείχους 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 11.6: _absolutely_, σανίδας ἐκδῆσαι ὄπισθε] Refs 8th c.BC+] bind planks behind, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.174; χέρας βρόχοισιν ἐκδήσαντες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 556 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: metaphorically, trace the dependence of one thing on another, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.3.1 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: —middle, bind a thing to oneself, hang it round one, ἐκδήσασθαι ἀγάλματα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, bind or fasten for oneself, ἀκταῖσιν..πεισμάτων ἀρχάς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 761 (Lyric poetry); τὸν νεκρὸν ἐκ τοῦ δίφρου “IG” 14.1284 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 29, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]