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ἐκκρίνω

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ἐκ-κρίνω [ῑ],
  • single out, Th. 6.96:—Pass., ἀρετῆ πρῶτος ἐκκριθείς S. Ph. 1425, cf. Th. 6.31.
      • 2 separate, Arist. HA 578a11, 572b22 (Pass.); ἐκ τοῦ μείγματος ἐκκρίνουσι τἆλλα hold that the rest are separated out from.., Id. Ph. 187a23.
      • 3 exclude, expel, X. Cyr. 1.2.14 (Act. and Pass.), Luc. Salt. 3 (Pass.); reject, condemn, Gal. 18(2).693.
      • 4 secrete, of the animal functions, Arist. GA 765b10, al.; τραῦμα ἐ. ἰχῶρας Zen. 6.46:—freq. in Pass., Arist. GA 738a1, al.; ἐκ πυρὸς -κρινόμενον καπνόν given off by.., Phld. Sign. 36: metaph., ὅταν..καθαρὸς ὁ νοῦς ἐκκριθῇ X. Cyr. 8.7.20.
      • 5 Pass., also of excretions, Hp. Aph. 4.47, 76, etc.
      • 6 of drugs, remove, λίθους Dsc. 2.127.

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