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ἐκμηρύομαι

ἐκμηρύομαι, to wind out like a ball of thread

ἐκμηρύομαι,
  • wind off like a ball of thread, Jul. Gal. 135c; of an army, make it defile out, τὴν δύναμιν ἐκ τῶν δυσχωριῶν Plb. Fr. 132; διὰ στενῆς θυρίδος.. ἐκμηρυόμενος αὑτόν Plu. Aem. 26.
    • II intr., of the army, defile, X. An. 6.5.22; τῆς χαράδρας Plb. 3.53.5 (but τὰς δυσχωρίας ib. 51.2).
    • III metaph., evolve itself, develop, Dam. Pr. 65, cf. eund. ap. Simp. in Ph. 780.30.

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