διέξ-οδος (diexodos)

Where it lives

Josue (cod. Vat.) 13 · 9.77/10k
Timaeus 8 · 3.38/10k
Epinomis 2 · 3.17/10k
Numeri 5 · 2.17/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Phaedrus 3 · 1.8/10k
Psalmi 6 · 1.75/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Statesman 2 · 1.18/10k
Protagoras 2 · 1.13/10k
Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
Parmenides 1 · 0.66/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διέξ-οδος · diex-odos — LSJ

outlet, passage, passage, way out from, roads out of

outlet, passage, Hp. Aph. 7.51, Arist. PA 684b26, etc.; ἀποκεκληϊμένου τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς δ. Hdt. 3.117, cf. 4.140; διέξοδοι ὁδῶν passage-ways, Id. 1.199; ἀνέμων διέξοδοι (through the body), S. Fr. 477; ὅταν πλεύμων μὴ καθαρὰς παρέχῃ τὰς δ. Pl. Ti. 84d, cf. 91c; way out from, Th. 3.98; αἱ δ. τῶν ὁδῶν Ev.Matt. 22.9; of the main roads out of a town, Aristeas 105; δ. ὑδάτων, of a spring, LXX 4 Ki. 2.21; of tears, ib. Ps. 118(119).136.

2 pathway, orbit, days, paths

pathway, orbit, of the sun, Hdt. 2.24; τρεῖς ἡλίου διέξοδοι three days, E. Andr. 1086; of planets, Arist. Mu. 399a3: metaph., πολλὰς φροντίδων δ. Henioch. 4.5; δ. τῶν βουλευμάτων the paths of his counsels, Hdt. 3.156; δ. τῆς φύσεως, τῆς οὐσίας, Ocell. 1.5, 12; [ὁ νοῦς] ἔχων τὴν αὐτὴν διὰ τῶν οὐκ αὐτῶν δ. Plot. 6.7.13.

3 issue, event

issue, event, δ. λαβεῖν Plb. 2.1.3, etc.

4 means of escape, way out of

means of escape, πάσας δ. διεξελθών Pl. R. 405c; δ. πραγμάτων way out of difficulties, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.66.

5 evacuation

Medic., evacuation, Hp. Prog. 11, Gal. 17(1).132 (pl.).

II detailed narrative, description, the course, exposition, description, detail, narratives, tales

detailed narrative or description, ἡ τοῦ λόγου δ. the course of the narrative or argument, Pl. Criti. 109a, cf. Prt. 361d, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.250, Ph. 1.407; exposition, Phld. Sign. 38, Mus. p.110 K., al.; ἡ διὰ στοιχείου δ. description by resolving into elements, Pl. Tht. 207c; κατὰ διέξοδον in detail, Aristid. Rh. 1p.505S.; δ. καὶ ἔπαινοι narratives, tales, Pl. Prt. 326a, etc.

III military evolution

military evolution, δ. τακτικαί Id. Lg. 813e, cf. D.C. 74.5.

2 excursion

excursion, Pl. Phdr. 247a.

3 repeated experiment

repeated experiment, Gal. 10.169.

In the wild

διέξοδοι · diexodoi Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 146)
διέξοδον · diexodon Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 3114)
διέξοδον · diexodon Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 3114)
διέξοδοι · diexodoi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 3388)
διεξόδῳ · diexodōi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5779)
διέξοδον · diexodon Epictetus, Discourses 1.7 (DIORISIS sentence 360)

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Where it came from

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