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ἐκβολή

ἐκβολή, a throwing out

ἐκβολ-ή, ἡ, (ἐκβάλλω)
  • throwing out, ψήφων ἐ. casting the votes out of the urn, A. Eu. 748.
      • 2jettisoning of cargo, Id. Th. 769 (lyr.), Arist. EN 1110a9, Act.Ap. 27.18 (but simply, unloading, Sammelb. 1207): metaph., ἐ. τῆς δόξης casting out of it, getting rid of it, Pl. Sph. 230b, R. 412e; ἐ. ἐλέου Aphth. Prog. 7, cf. Diog.Oen. 4.
    • II expulsion, banishment, A. Supp. 421 (lyr., pl.); μετὰ τὴν τῶν τυράννων ἐ. Arist. Pol. 1275b36; ἐκβολαὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Pl. Lg. 847b; dislodgement, ejection, Plb. 4.8.4.
      • 2 divorce, repudiation, γυναικός Lib. Decl. 26.45.
    • III letting fall or drop, δακρύων ἐκβολαί E. HF 742 (lyr.); ἐ. [ὀδόντων] casting or shedding of teeth, Arist. GA 789a15.
    • IV expulsion of a foetus, Hp. Mul. 1.78.
      • 2 ἐ. σίτου the time when the corn comes into ear, Th. 4.1.
      • 3 shoot, καυλοῦ Dsc. 3.114.
    • V putting out of a joint, dislocation, ἐκβολαὶ τῶν ἄρθρων Plu. Superst. 2.164f.
    • VI putting forth, exposing, μαστῶν Plb. 2.56.7.
    • VII debouchure, outlet, ἐ. Πηνειοῦ Hdt. 7.128; mouth of a river, in pl., Th. 2.102; in sg., Id. 7.35, Pl. Phd. 113a: pass leading out of a chain of mountains, αἱ ἐκβολαὶ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος Hdt. 9.38.
      • 2 by-way, ἐ. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς εὐθείας Paus. 3.10.7: metaph., ἐ. λόγου digression, Th. 1.97, Philostr. Her. 19.14 (pl.), etc.
      • 3 close of a verse, Eust. 900.24.
      • 4 projection, στόματος a snout, Philostr.Jun. Im. 12.
    • VIII (from Pass.), that which is cast out, δικέλλης ἐ. earth thrown up by a mattock, upcast, S. Ant. 250; οὐρεία ἐ. children cast or exposed on the mountains, E. Hec. 1079 (anap.).
      • 2 cargo thrown overboard, jetsam, πλὴν ἐκβολῆς, ἣν ἂν..ἐκβάλωνται Syngr. ap. D. 35.11; so ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, E. IT 1424.
    • IX in Music, interval of five διέσεις, Plu. Mus. 2.1141b, Bacch. Harm. 42, Aristid.Quint. 1.10.
    • X = ἐκβολάς I, Str. 14.5.28.

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