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ἐξαλείφω

ἐξαλείφω, to plaster over; to wipe out, obliterate

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ἐξαλείφουσαι present active participle feminine nominative plural, present active participle feminine vocative plural of ἐξαλείφω

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ἐξᾰλείφω, pf. Pass. ἐξαλήλιμμαι (v. infr.): subj.aor.2 Pass. ἐξαλῐφῇ v.l. in Pl. Phdr. 258b:—
  • plaster or wash over, τοῦ σώματος τὸ ἥμισυ ἐξηλείφοντο γύψῳ Hdt. 7.69; ᾗ ἔτυχε . . οὐκ ἐξαληλιμμένον τὸ τεῖχος where it was not whitewashed, Th. 3.20; τοὺς βωμοὺς ἐξαλείψαντι IG 11.161A103 (Delos, iii B. C.):—Med., anoint, μύρῳ βρενθείῳ ἐξαλείψαο Sapph. 94.20 L.-P..
    • II wipe out, obliterate, ἐξαλειφθεῖσʼ ὡς ἄγαλμα E. Hel. 262: metaph., wipe out of oneʼs mind, πάντα τὰ πρόσθεν Pl. Tht. 187b; τὸ γιγνώσκειν D. 37.34; [ὑπόνοιαν] Men. Pk. 310 (prob.); cancel, ἐ. ψηφίσματα And. 1.76; νόμους Lys. 1.48; αἰτίας Arist. Ath. 40.3; ἐξαλειφόντων (sc. τὸ ὀφείλημα) IG 1(2).91.10; esp. at Athens, ἐ. τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου strike his name off the roll, X. HG 2.3.51, cf. Arist. Ath. 36.2; so ἐ. τινά Ar. Eq. 877, cf. D. 39.39; opp. ἐγγράφω, Ar. Pax 1181, Lys. 30.2, etc.; ὑμᾶς ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ Th. 3.57:—Med., ἐξαλείψασθαι τὰς ἀπογραφάς to get oneʼs inventory cancelled, Pl. Lg. 850d: metaph., ἐ. πάθος φρενός blot it out from oneʼs mind, E. Hec. 590.
      • 2 metaph., wipe out, destroy, μὴ ʼξαλείψῃς σπέρμα Πελοπιδῶν A. Ch. 503, cf. E. Hipp. 1241:—Pass., ἡ Σπάρτης εὐδαιμονίη οὐκ ἐξηλείφετο Hdt. 7.220; τιμὰς μὴ ʼξαλειφθῆναι A. Th. 15; οὐδʼ ἄπαις δόμος . . ἐξαλειφθείη ποτʼ ἄν E. IT 698.

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