ἐξοκέλλω,
intransitive, of a ship, run aground, ἐς τὰς ἐκβολὰς τοῦ Πηνειοῦ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.182; πρὸς κραταίλεων χθόνα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 666; also [δελφῖνες] ἐ. εἰς τὴν γῆν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 631b2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, drift into, ἐ. εἰς τραχύτερα πράγματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.18; εἰς λόγου μῆκος [prev. author] “Ep.” 2.13; εἰς ἀσέλγειαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.55.7; πρὸς ἀπληστίαν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.686; ἐς ἐπιθυμίας ἀνοήτους 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.24.9; εἰς κύβους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.5b; εἰς ὕβριν 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 45 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τρυφήν [[[prev. passage], 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.1.1, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.523c (= 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 584); μέχρι τῶν ἐσχάτων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.35 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] W.: absolutely, to be ruined, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.48.11. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II transitive, run (a ship) aground: metaphorically, drive headlong, τινὰ εἰς ἄτην [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 137 (Lyric poetry); ὁ πλοῦτος ἐξώκειλε τὸν κεκτημένον εἰς ἕτερον ἦθος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 587:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, metaphorically, δεῦρο δ᾽ ἐξοκέλλεται things are coming to this pass, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 438. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]