ἐκσπάω,
future -άσω, draw out, ἐξέσπασε μείλινον ἔγχος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.65; σπάρτον 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 25.6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; pull up, [χάρακα] [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.18.14:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —and so middle, ἐκσπασσαμένω δολίχ᾽ ἔγχεα having drawn out their spears, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.255 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, [τρίχες] ἐκσπῶνται [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 893a20, compare 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 16.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II remove by force, τοὺς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ παστοφόρους [[ “OGI” 736.7 (Fayûm). ] Refs]