ἐκχωρέω

ἐκχωρ-έω,

A depart,

ἐκ χώρας SIG679.53

; leave a country, emigrate, Hdt.1.56, Hecat.30J.; withdraw,

ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας PAmh.2.30.44

(ii B.C.), etc.: metaph.,

ἐ. ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν Plb.2.21.2

: so abs., Id.7.2.1.

2 slip out of,

ἀστράγαλος ἐξεχώρησε ἐκ τῶν ἄρθρων Hdt.3.129

.

3 give way, retire, E.IA367, D.41.5;

τῶν ὑπαίθρων Plb.1.15.7

;

τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Id.31.28.3

;

χειμῶνες ἐκχωροῦσιν εὐκάρπῳ θέρει S.Aj.671

; ἐ. τινί τινος give way to a person in a thing, Hp.Jusj.;

τινὶ περί τινος Plb. 21.20.1

.

4 impers. of a motion of the bowels, Hp.Epid.5.33.

II trans., give up, cede,

τινί τι IG12(3).324.15

([place name] Thera), PEleph.15.2 (iii B.C.), Sammelb.4414.8, etc.; τῷ δαίμονί τι Vett. Val. 156.4:—[voice] Pass., CIG4268 ([place name] Xanthus).