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ἐκβαίνω

ἐκβαίνω, to step out of

ἐκβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι: aor. ἐξέβην: pf. ἐκβέβηκα:—
  • step out of or off from, c. gen., πέτρης ἐκβαίνοντα Il. 4.107; ἔκβαινʼ ἀπήνης A. Ag. 906; ἐ. ἐκ τῆς νεώς Th. 1.137 (so in tmesi, ἐκ δὲ Χρυσηΐς νηὸς βῆ Il. 1.439): abs., step out of a ship or chariot, disembark, dismount, ἐκ δʼ ἔβαν αὐτοί 3.113, cf. 1.437, Hdt. 4.196, etc.; step out of the sea, Od. 5.415, 7.278; debouch from a defile, X. An. 4.2.3; καταστρατοπεδεύσασθαι ἐπὶ λόφον ἐκβάντες ib. 6.3.20: rarely exc. of persons, but βοὴ ..ἐξέβη νάπους S. Aj. 892.
      • 2 go out of, depart from, ψυχὴ ἐ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος Pl. Phd. 77d; ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου Plb. 3.40.7: c. gen., ἐ. τύχης E. IT 907; ἐ. τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἰδέας Pl. R. 380d; τῆς λεκτικῆς ἁρμονίας Arist. Po. 1449a27; τι τῆς εἰωθυίας διαίτης Pl. R. 406b; ἔνθεν ἐ. Id. Ti. 44e; withdraw from, ἐκ τῆς νομοθεσίας Id. Lg. 744a; μισθώσεως, γεωργίας, BGU 1120.52 (i B.C.), PTeb. 309.14 (ii A.D.).
      • 3 c. acc., leave, τὴν πλατεῖαν Herod. 6.53, cf. Phld. D. 3.11: but,
        • b usu. with the sense, outstep, overstep, γαίας ὅρια E. HF 82; τὴν ἡλικίαν τοῦ γεννᾶν Pl. R. 461b; τριάκοντα ἔτη ib. 537d; τὸν ὅρκον v.l. in Id. Smp. 183b; τὸ μέσον Arist. Pol. 1296a26.
      • 4 in Poets, the instrument of motion is added in acc., ἐκβὰς .. ἁρμάτων πόδα E. Heracl. 802.
      • 5 to be produced, of crops, οἱ ἐκβησόμενοι καρποί PLips. 23.20 (iv A.D.), etc.
      • 6 project, of ground, PTeb. 84.91 (ii B.C.).
    • II metaph.,
      • 1 come out, turn out, Hdt. 7.209; τῇ περ ὥρων ἐκβησόμενα πρήγματα ταῦτα ibid.; τὰ μέλλοντά σφι ἐκβαίνειν ib. 221, cf. Th. 7.14, etc.; of a total obtained by measurement, PAmh. 2.31 (ii B.C.).
      • 2 to be fulfilled, of prophecies, etc., D. 19.28; also τοιοῦτον ἐκβέβηκεν S. Tr. 672; κάκιστος ἐ. to prove a villain, E. Med. 229; κατὰ νοῦν ἐ. τινί Pl. Mx. 247d; ἄν τι μὴ κατὰ γνώμην ἐκβῇ D. 1.16; τὸ ἐκβάν, τὰ ἐκβαίνοντα, the issue, event, D. 1.11, Plb. 2.27.5.
      • 3 go out of due bounds, ἐς τοῦτʼ ἐκβέβηκʼ ἀλγηδόνος E. Med. 56; ποῖποτʼ ἐξέβης λόγῳ ; S. Ph. 896; ἐξέβην γὰρ ἄλλοσε I wandered elsewhere in thought, E. IT 781; in writing, digress, ἐπάνειμι ἔνθεν ἐξέβην X. HG 6.5.1, cf. 7.4.1, D. 18.211, Pl. Lg. 864c.
      • 4 project, extend beyond a limit, POxy. 918 xi 20 (ii A.D.): metaph., transcend, ἐ. ὑπὲρ τὸ μέγα ὂν καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸ μικρόν Porph. Sent. 34.
      • 5 lapse, πρὶν ἐκβῆναί τινι τὴν στρατηγίαν App. Syr. 23.
      • 6 ἐκβαίνοντος μηνός, = φθίνοντος μ., IG 14.105 (Syracus.).
  • B causal, in aor. 1 -έβησα:—cause to go out, esp. put ashore, land from a ship, ἐκ δʼ ἑκατόμβην βῆσαν Il. 1.438; οἱ δʼ ἐκβήσαντές [σε] ἔβησαν (where ἔβησαν is aor. 2) Od. 24.301; ἐς γαῖαν ἐξέβησέ [με] E. Hel. 1616.

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