ἐξ-αιρέω , aor. 2 ἐξεῖλον and ἔξελον, mid. ipf. ἐξαιρεύμην, aor. ἐξειλόμην,
-ελόμην: take out or away, select,
choose from, mid., for oneself; ἔνθεν
ἔξελε πέπλους,
Il. 24.229; ἣν
ἄρα μοι γέρας ἔξελον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν, Il. 16.56; mid., φαρέτρης ἐξείλετο πικρὸν ὀιστόν, Il. 8.323; (Βρισηίδα) ἐκ Λυρνησσοῦ
ἐξείλετο, here not of choosing but of taking away, Il. 2.690; cf. Il. 11.704; so of taking away one's life, θυ_μόν,
Il. 15.460, Il. 19.137, Od. 11.201;
φρένας, ‘wits,’
Il. 6.234; of
‘choosing,’ Il.
9.130, 272, Od. 14.232.