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ἐκδέω

ἐκδέω, to bind so as to hang from, to fasten to

ἐκδέω,
  • bind so as to hang from, fasten to or on, c. gen., πέτρης ἐκ πείσματα δήσας Od. 10.96; [δρῦς] ἔκδεον ἡμιόνων they bound the oaks to the mules, i.e. they yoked the mules to them, Il. 23.121; τοῦ τείχους Aen.Tact. 11.6: abs., σανίδας ἐκδῆσαι ὄπισθε bind planks behind, Od. 22.174; χέρας βρόχοισιν ἐκδήσαντες E. Andr. 556: metaph., trace the dependence of one thing on another, Plot. 3.3.1: —Med., bind a thing to oneself, hang it round one, ἐκδήσασθαι ἀγάλματα Hdt. 4.76; also, bind or fasten for oneself, ἀκταῖσιν..πεισμάτων ἀρχάς E. Hipp. 761 (lyr.); τὸν νεκρὸν ἐκ τοῦ δίφρου IG 14.1284:—Pass., Luc. Hist.Conscr. 29, al.

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