ἐκτήκω,
future -ξω[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 134 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—melt out, Κύκλωπος ὄμματ᾽ ἐ. πυρί [[ [prev. author] “Cyc.” 459 ] Refs]; τὰ γράμματ᾽ ἐ. melt out the letters written on wax, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 772. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, let melt, pine or waste away, ὄμμα δακρύοις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 134, compare 529; δάκρυσι χρόα [prev. author] “Hel.” 1419; τὸν θυμόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 411b; λῆστις δ᾽ ἐ. μνημοσύνην πραπίδων 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 6.12 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν ἐ. κρᾶσιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 5; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς δάκρυα [prev. author] “Brut.” 23; λύπῃ καὶ λιμῷ ἑαυτόν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.41. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II passive, with perfect ἐκτέτηκα: aorist ἐξετάκην [ᾰ]:—melt and ooze out, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 629 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐκτετηκός flabby condition, [[ [prev. author] “Aph.” 2.35. ] Refs]
__II.2 metaphorically, pine, waste away, ἐκτέτηκα καρδίαν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 433; ἐξετηκόμην γόοις [prev. author] “Or.” 860, etc.; τὰς ὁράσεις ὲκτετηκυῖα ὑπὸ τῶν δακρύων 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.45, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 29, 31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάλα μοι τόδ᾽ ἐμμένοι καὶ μήποτ᾽ ἐκτακείη may it never melt from my remembrance, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 535 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus [same place] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]