ἐκβαίνω

ἐκβαίνω, [tense] fut. -βήσομαι : [tense] aor. ἐξέβην : [tense] pf. ἐκβέβηκα :—

A step out of or off from, c. gen.,

πέτρης ἐκβαίνοντα Il.4.107

;

ἔκβαιν' ἀπήνης A.Ag. 906

;

ἐ. ἐκ τῆς νεώς Th.1.137

(so in tmesi,

ἐκ δὲ Χρυσηΐς νηὸς βῆ Il.1.439

) : abs., step out of a ship or chariot, disembark, dismount,

ἐκ δ' ἔβαν αὐτοί 3.113

, cf. 1.437, Hdt.4.196, etc. ; step out of the sea, Od. 5.415,7.278 ; debouch from a defile, X.An.4.2.3 ; καταστρατοπεδεύσασθαι ἐπὶ λόφον ἐκβάντες ib.6.3.20 : rarely exc. of persons, but

βοὴ ..ἐξέβη νάπους S.Aj.892

.

2 go out of, depart from,

ψυχὴ ἐ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος Pl.Phd.77d

;

ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου Plb.3.40.7

: c. gen.,

ἐ. τύχης E.IT907

;

ἐ. τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἰδέας Pl.R.380d

;

τῆς λεκτικῆς ἁρμονίας Arist.Po.1449a27

;

τι τῆς εἰωθυίας διαίτης Pl.R.406b

;

ἔνθεν ἐ. Id.Ti.44e

; withdraw from,

ἐκ τῆς νομοθεσίας Id.Lg.744a

; μισθώσεως, γεωργίας, BGU1120.52 (i B.C.), PTeb.309.14 (ii A.D.).

3 c. acc., leave,

τὴν πλατεῖαν Herod.6.53

, cf. Phld.D.3.11 : but,

b usu. with the sense, outstep, overstep,

γαίας ὅρια E.HF82

;

τὴν ἡλικίαν τοῦ γεννᾶν Pl.R.461b

; τριάκοντα ἔτη ib.537d ; τὸν ὅρκον v.l. in Id.Smp. 183b ;

τὸ μέσον Arist.Pol.1296a26

.

4 in Poets, the instrument of motion is added in acc.,

ἐκβὰς..ἁρμάτων πόδα E.Heracl.802

.

5 to be produced, of crops,

οἱ ἐκβησόμενοι καρποί PLips.23.20

(iv A.D.), etc.

6 project, of ground, PTeb.84.91 (ii B.C.).

II metaph.,

1 come out, turn out, Hdt.7.209 ; τῇ περ ὥρων ἐκβησόμενα πρήγματα ταῦτα ibid. ; τὰ μέλλοντά σφι ἐκβαίνειν ib.221, cf. Th.7.14, etc. ; of a total obtained by measurement, PAmh.2.31 (ii B.C.).

2 to be fulfilled, of prophecies, etc., D.19.28 ; also

τοιοῦτον ἐκβέβηκεν S.Tr.672

; κάκιστος ἐ. to prove a villain, E.Med.229 ;

κατὰ νοῦν ἐ. τινί Pl.Mx.247d

;

ἄν τι μὴ κατὰ γνώμην ἐκβῇ D.1.16

; τὸ ἐκβάν, τὰ ἐκβαίνοντα, the issue, event, D.1.11, Plb.2.27.5.

3 go out of due bounds,

ἐς τοῦτ' ἐκβέβηκ' ἀλγηδόνος E.Med.56

;

ποῖποτ' ἐξέβης λόγῳ ; S.Ph.896

; ἐξέβην γὰρ ἄλλοσε I wandered elsewhere in thought, E. IT781 ; in writing, digress,

ἐπάνειμι ἔνθεν ἐξέβην X.HG6.5.1

, cf. 7.4.1, D.18.211, Pl.Lg.864c.

4 project, extend beyond a limit, POxy. 918 xi 20 (ii A.D.) : metaph., transcend,

ἐ. ὑπὲρ τὸ μέγα ὂν καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸ μικρόν Porph.Sent.34

.

5 lapse,

πρὶν ἐκβῆναί τινι τὴν στρατηγίαν App.Syr.23

.

6 ἐκβαίνοντος μηνός, = φθίνοντος μ., IG14.105 (Syracus.).

B causal, in [tense] aor. I -έβησα :—cause to go out, esp. put ashore, land from a ship,

ἐκ δ' ἑκατόμβην βῆσαν Il.1.438

; οἱ δ' ἐκβήσαντές [σε] ἔβησαν (where ἔβησαν is [tense] aor. 2) Od.24.301 ;

ἐς γαῖαν ἐξέβησέ [με] E. Hel.1616

.