ἐκ-κρούω,
knock out, παττάλους [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 402b; τι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.12; for 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 270 (_middle_)] Refs 5th c.BC+], see at {πύνδαξ}:—passive, [[ “BGU” 1007.16 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__b metaphorically, ἡ μείζων κίνησις ἐ. τὴν ἐλάττω expels, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 447a15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; [ἡ ἡδίων ἐνέργεια] ἐ. τὴν ἑτέραν [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1175b8; ἐ. τὸν λογισμόν, τὴν λύπην, [prev. work] 1119b10, 1154a27. ] Refs]
__2 drive back, repulse, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.131, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ [λόφου] [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.128: _metaphorically_, ἐ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος] Refs 5th c.BC+] to frustrate, cheat one of.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228e; τῆς προαιρέσεως 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 14; ἵνα μὴ.. τοῦ παρόντος ἐμαυτὸν ἐκκρούσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.313 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸν λογισμὸν ἐκκρουσθείς [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 30. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 hiss an actor off the stage, ἐβόων, ἐξέκρουόν με [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 put off, adjourn by evasions, εἰς ὑστεραίαν τὴν.. γνώμην [[[prev. work]144 ] Refs]; [τὴν δίκην] [[ [prev. author] 36.2, compare 54.30; τοσαύτας τέχνας.. εὑρίσκων ἐκκρούει [prev. author] 21.81; ἐ. τοὺς λόγους ] Refs]elude, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 336c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. πρᾶγμα τῷ χρόνῳ 'talk out', [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 13 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, γραφῆς ἐκκρουομένης [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]