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ἐξελαύνω

ἐξελαύνω, to drive out from

ἐξελ-αύνω, fut. -ελῶ Hdt. 4.148, 5.63, IG 1(2).39.4: pf. -ελήλᾰκα:—Ep. pres. part. ἐξελάων Od. 10.83; inf. ἐξελάαν Il. 8.527, Od. 11.292, Hes. Th. 491 (v.l. -άειν): Arc. 1 sg. pres. opt. ἐξελαύνοια IG 5(2).343.65 (iv B.C.):—
  • drive out, ἄντρου ἐξήλασε μῆλα Od. 9.312, cf. 227, 11.292: abs., drive afield, of a shepherd, 10.83.
      • 2 esp. drive out, expel from a place, μήτι . . ἡμέας ἐξελάσωσιν γαίης ἡμετέρης 16.381; ἐξήλασέν με κἀπέκλῃσε δωμάτων A. Pr. 670; πάτρας, χθονός, S. OC 376, 823; γῆς ἐκ πατρῴας ἐξελήλαμαι ib. 1292; ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος Hdt. 5.91; ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας Ar. Nu. 123; ἐκ τῶν πόλεων Pl. Grg. 466d; Τιτῆνας ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Hes. Th. 820; τὸ βάρβαρον ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης Pl. Mx. 241d; ἐξεληλαμένος τῆς βουλῆς Plu. Cic. 17; ἐ. τινά banish, Hdt. 1.60, Ar. Ach. 717, Pl. Ap. 30d:—Med., Th. 4.35, 7.5.
      • 3 drive out horses, etc., ἵππους ἐξέλασε Τρώων out of the ranks of the Trojans, Il. 5.324, cf. 10.499; ἁρμάτων ὄχους E. Ph. 1190:—Med., drive out oneʼs horses, ἵππους ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφʼ ἅρματι Theoc. 24.119 (but, drive off captured cattle, Plb. 4.75.7); ἐ. στρατόν, στρατιήν, lead out an army, Hdt. 1.76, 7.38; ἐ. νῆα ὅρμου A.R. 1.987; lead out a procession, ἐ. τὸν Ἴακχον Plu. Alc. 34; θρίαμβον Id. Marc. 22: hence,
        • b freq. with the acc. omitted, as if intr., ἐς δίφρον ὀρούσας ἐξέλασʼ ἐς πληθύν he drove out, Il. 11.360, etc.; ride out, Th. 7.27, X. Cyr. 1.3.3, etc.; ἐ. ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἱππέων Lys. 20.28; march out, Hdt. 4.80, 8.113, etc.; go out, X. Cyr. 8.3.1.
      • 4 expel, banish, get rid of a thing, τῶν ὀμμάτων τὸ αἰδούμενον Plu. QConv. 2.654d; by washing, κόνιν λαγόνων Call. Lav.Pall. 6.
      • 5 metaph., reject, Jul. Caes. 306c.
    • II knock out, χαμαὶ δέ κε πάντας ὀδόντας γναθμῶν ἐξελάσαιμι Od. 18.29.
    • III beat out metals, ἐ. ἡμιπλίνθια ἐκ χρυσοῦ Hdt. 1.50; ἐθηεῖτο σίδηρον ἐξελαυνόμενον ib. 68, cf. 7.84; κέντρον ἐπὶ λεπτὸν ἐξεληλασμένον Plb. 6.22.4.

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