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ἐκβάλλω

ἐκβάλλω, ἐκβάλλω, break open; throw out (verb); ἐκβάλλω, throw out (verb) (6a); ἐκβάλλω, throw out; divorce (verb) (13a (6a))

ἐκβάλλω, Arc. ἐσδέλλω IG 5(2).6.49 (Tegea, iv B.C.), fut. -βᾰλῶ: aor. -έβαλον: pf. -βέβληκα: Pass., fut. -βεβλήσομαι E. Ba. 1313:—
  • throw or cast out of, c. gen., Ὀδίον μέγαν ἔκβαλε δίφρου Il. 5.39, etc.: abs., throw out, ἐκ δʼ εὐνὰς ἔβαλον 1.436, etc.; καὶ τὴν μὲν..ἰχθύσι κύρμα γενέσθαι ἔκβαλον threw her overboard, Od. 15.481, cf. Hdt. 1.24: then in various relations, ἐκπίπτω being freq. used as its Pass.:
      • 1 throw ashore, τὸν δʼ ἄρʼ..νεὸς ἔκβαλε κῦμʼ ἐπὶ χέρσου Od. 19.278; ἄνεμος.. τρηχέως περιέσπε..πολλὰς τῶν νεῶν ἐκβάλλων πρὸς τὸν Ἄθων Hdt. 6.44; ἐ. ἐς τὴν γῆν Id. 7.170 (but in 2.113 ἄνεμοι..ἐκβάλλουσι ἐς τὸ πέλαγος carry out to sea; ἐξέβαλεν ἄνεμος ἡμᾶς drove us out of our course, E. Cyc. 20):—Med., put ashore, ἵππους ἐξεβάλλοντο Hdt. 6.101; jettison, Syngr. ap. D. 35.11.
      • 2 cast out of a place, Κιμμερίους ἐκβαλόντες ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης Hdt. 1.103; ἐ. ἐκ τῆς χώρας, of an enemy, Lycurg. 99, cf. D. 60.8; esp. of banishment, ἐκ πόλεως ἐ. drive out of the country, Pl. Grg. 468d, cf. Ar. Pl. 430, etc.; of a corpse, ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, τῶν ὁρίων, Pl. Lg. 873b, 909c: c. acc. only. drive out, banish, Heraclit. 121, S. OC 646, 770, etc.; turn out, νεοττούς Arist. HA 618b12; cast out of the synagogue, Ev.Jo. 34; ἐκ τοῦ τάγματος J. BJ 2.8.8; exorcize, cast out evil spirits, Ev.Marc. 1.34, al.; also in weakened sense, cause to depart, ib. 43.
      • 3 expose on a desert island, S. Ph. 257, 1034, 1390; expose a dead body, ταφῆς ἄτερ Id. Aj. 1388; ἐ. τέκνα expose children, E. Ion 964.
      • 4 ἐ. γυναῖκα ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας divorce her, D. 59.83: with simple acc., And. 1.125, D. 59.63, D.S. 12.18, etc.:—Pass., LXX Le. 21.7.
      • 5 cast out of his seat, depose a king, ἐ. ἕδρας Κρόνον A. Pr. 203; ἐκ τυραννίδος θρόνου τʼ ib. 910; ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς X. Cyr. 1.3.9: without ἐκ, ἐ. τινὰ πλούτου S. El. 649:—Pass., to be ejected, of an occupier, PPetr. 2 p.143 (iii B.C.), PMagd. 12.8 (iii B.C.), etc.; χάριτος ἐκβεβλημένη S. Aj. 808; ἐκ τῆς φιλίας X. An. 7.5.6; ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐξεβλήθησαν Isoc. 4.70.
      • 6 throw decisively in wrestling. τίνʼ οὐ παλαίουσʼ ἐς τρὶς ἐ. ; S. Fr. 941.13.
      • 7 ἐ. φρέατα dig wells, Plu. Pomp. 32.
      • 8 of drugs, get rid of, τοξεύματα Dsc. 3.32.
      • 9 expel afterbirth, Hp. Mul. 1.78.
      • 10 publish, σύνταξιν Plb. 30.4.11; issue, δόγμα ib. 19.6; ἀπόκρισιν Id. 29.19.5.
    • II strike out of, χειρῶν δʼ ἔκβαλλε κύπελλα Od. 2.396, cf. Theoc. 22.210; ἐκβάλλεθʼ..τευχέων πάλους throw them out of the urns, A. Eu. 742: abs., δοῦρα ἐ. fell trees (prop., cut them out of the forest), Od. 5.244.
      • 2 strike open, break in, ἐ. θύρετρα, πύλας, θύρας, E. Or. 1474, Hec. 1044, Lys. 3.23, D. 47.53.
    • III let fall, drop, χειρὸς δʼ ἔκβαλεν ἔγχος Il. 14.419; σφῦραν B. 17.28 [Dith. 4.28]; ξίφος E. Andr. 629, cf. Ar. Lys. 156; οἰστούς X. An. 2.1.6: metaph., ἦ ῥʼ ἅλιον ἔπος ἔκβαλον let fall an idle word, Il. 18.324; εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε Od. 4.503, cf. Hdt. 6.69, A. Ag. 1662, etc.; ἐ. ῥῆμα Pl. R. 473e: abs., utter, speak, D.L. 9.7; shed, δάκρυα δʼ ἔκβαλε θερμά Od. 19.362; ἐ. ἕρκος ὀδόντων cast, shed oneʼs teeth, Sol. 27, cf. E. Cyc. 644, etc.; throw up blood, S. Ant. 1238; spit out, Thphr. HP 4.8.4; ἐκβαλεῦσι τὰς κούρας their eyes will drop out, prov. of covetous persons, Herod. 4.64.
    • IV throw away, cast aside, reject, εὐμένειαν, χάριν, S. OC 631, 636, cf. Plb. 1.14.4; προγόνων παλαιὰ θέσμια E. Fr. 360.45; θεούς Ar. Nu. 1477; recall, repudiate, ἐ. λόγους Pl. Cri. 46b; annul, τοὔπος S. OT 849; remove an official from his post, D. 21.87; drive an actor from the stage, Id. 19.337: metaph., of a politician, Pl. Ax. 368d: —Pass., Ar. Eq. 525; ἐκβάλλεσθαι ἄξια Antipho 4.3.1.
    • V lose, properly by oneʼs own fault, φρένας, τἀγαθόν. S. Ant. 649, Aj. 965, cf. Ar. Eq. 404, Ec. 75.
    • VI produce, of women, Hp. Epid. 4.25 (of premature birth), Plu. Publ. 21; esp. in case of a miscarriage or abortion, Hp. Mul. 1.60, Thphr. HP 9.18.8; βρέφος ἐκ τῆς γαστρός Ant.Lib. 34; with play on I.2, D.L. 2.102, etc.; hatch chicks, Sch. Ar. Av. 251.
        • b of plants, ἐ. καρπόν put forth fruit, Hp. Nat.Puer. 22; ἐ. στάχυν E. Ba. 75 ):—Pass., τὰ ἐκβαλλόμενα BGU 197.12 (i A.D.).
    • VII put out a bone or joint, Hp. Fract. 31, Art. 67; χεῖρα Arr. Epict. 3.15.4.
    • VIII upset, undo the effect of a speech, Plb. 11.10.6.
    • IX Math., produce a line, in Pass., Arist. Cael. 71b29, Mech. 850a11, Str. 2.1.29, etc.; ἐ. εἰς ἄπειρον produce to infinity, in metaph. sense, τὰ δεινά Phld. D. 1.12, cf. 13.
      • 2 start counting, in astronomical calculations, Procl. Par.Ptol. 252.
    • X intr., go out, depart, ἵνʼ ἐκβάλω ποδὶ ἄλλην ἐπʼ αἶαν E. El. 96; of the sea, break out of its bed, Arist. Mete. 367b13; of a river, branch off, Pl. Phd. 113a: metaph., ἐπειδὰν ἐς μειράκια ἐκβάλωσιν D.C. 52.26.

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