ἐξερεείνω

ἐξερεείνω, Ep. Verb,

• • • 1 c. acc. rei, inquire into, ἐξερέεινεν ἕκαστα Od. 10.14.
    • 2 c. acc. pers., inquire after, ἢ . . φίλον πόσιν ἐξερεείνοι 23.86; inquire of, ἄλλος ἄλλον ἐ. A.R. 4.1250: abs., make inquiry, Il. 9.672, etc.:—Med., ἐξερεείνετο μύθῳ 10.81.
  • II search thoroughly, πόρους ἁλὸς ἐξερεείνων Od. 12.259; μυχούς h.Merc. 252: metaph. of a harp, try its tones, tune it, ib. 483.

ἐξερεείνω, ausfragen, ausforschen, auskundschaften ; πόρους ἁλός Od. 12.259 ; ἕκαστα 10.14 ; τινά 23.86 ; sp.D., wie ναυτιλίην Ap.Rh. 4.721, 1250 ; κιθάραν, der Zither Töne entlocken, h.Merc. 483.
Med. = act., ἐξερεείνετο μύθῳ Il. 10.81.

ἐξερεείνω

[ἐξ- 9.]

• • 1

    To ask, inquire, make inquiry Il. 9.672, Il. 10.543.

  • 2

    To inquire about Od. 10.14, Od. 12.34, Od. 17.70, Od. 19.116, 463.

  • 3

    To question (a person) Od. 23.86.

    In mid. Il. 10.81.

  • 4

    To go through, traverse: πόρους ἁλός Od. 12.259.

ἐξερεείνω : make inquiry, abs., and w. acc. of pers., or of thing, ἕκαστα, ‘ask all about it,’ Od. 10.14; mid., Il. 10.81; fig., πόρους ἁλὸς ἐξερεείνων, ‘questing,’ ‘exploring,’ Od. 12.259.

ἐξερεείνω

• • IEpic Verb,
  • • 1c. acc. rei, to inquire into, Od.
    • 2c. acc. pers. to inquire after, Od.: absol. to make inquiry, Il.; so in Mid., Il.
  • IIto search thoroughly, Od.