- ἐκβολή
- ἐκβολ-ή, ἡ, (ἐκβάλλω)A throwing out, ψήφων ἐ. casting the votes out of the urn, A. Eu.748.2jettisoning of cargo, Id.Th.769 (lyr.), Arist.EN1110a9, 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.HF742
(lyr.); ἐ. [ὀδόντων] casting or shedding of teeth, Arist.GA789a15.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.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 [voice] 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.IT1424.IX in Music, interval of five διέσεις, Plu.2.1141b, Bacch.Harm.42, Aristid.Quint.1.10.
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