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ἐκφορ-έω ,= ἐκφέρω,
A.carry out, as a corpse for burial, Od. 22.451, 24.417 (tm.).
2. generally, carry out, Hdt.1.197, 9.116, Is.6.42 (Pass., ib.41):—Med., take out with one, E.Cyc.234, etc.:— Pass., move forth, “ὣς τότε ταρφειαὶ κόρυθες . . νηῶν ἐκφορέοντο” Il.19.360.
3. dig out, of earth dug from a trench, Hdt.2.150 (Pass.), 7.23; of metal from mines, X.Vect.4.2 (Pass.).
4. sack, plunder, “πόλιν” D.S.17.13 (Pass.).
5. in Pass., to be cast on shore, Hdt.8.12.
6. blab, blurt out, dub. in Hermesian.7.98.
7. Med., distrain upon goods, D.47.53,75.
8. make away with, PSI5.463 (ii A.D.), POxy.1642.22 (iii A.D.).
9. ἐκφορεῖ: σπανίζει ὑπάρχοντα, Hsch.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Demosthenes, Against Evergus and Mnesibulus, 53
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 17.13
    • Euripides, Cyclops, 234
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.197
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.150
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.23
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.12
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.116
    • Homer, Iliad, 19.360
    • Homer, Odyssey, 22.451
    • Homer, Odyssey, 24.417
    • Isaeus, Cleonymus, 41
    • Isaeus, Philoctemon, 42
    • Xenophon, Ways and Means, 4.2
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