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ἐξακοντίζω

ἐξακοντίζω, to dart

ἐξᾰκοντ-ίζω,
  • dart or hurl forth, launch, ἐ. τὰ δόρατα X. HG 5.4.40; φάσγανον πρὸς ἧπαρ ἐ. strike it home, E. HF 1149: c. dat., ἐ. τοῖς δόρασι, τοῖς παλτοῖς, X. HG 4.6.11, An. 5.4.25; ἐ. ἐπί τινα Plu. Art. 9; κατὰ συός D.S. 9Fr. 29; -ίζεται τὸ αἷμα Gal. 4.708.
        • b intr., dart away, [ὁ κάραβος] μακρὰν -ίζει Arist. HA 590b29.
      • 2 metaph., freq. in E., ἐ. κῶλον τῆσδε γῆς, i.e. flee precipitately, Ba. 665; ἐ. χεῖρας γενείου γονάτων τε dart out the hands towards his chin and knees [in supplication], IT 362; τοὺς Ὀδυσσέως πόνους ἐ. shoot forth, i.e. proclaim loudly, Tr. 444 (troch.); ταῦτα πρὸς τὰ σά Supp. 456; so γλώσσῃ ματαίους ἐ. λόγους Men. 1091; τοσαύτην ἐ. πνοήν Antiph. 217.7.

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