The corpus record

ἐκβολάς

ekbolas · ἡ

anything thrown out

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Where it lives

Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

ἐκβολάς · ekbolas — LSJ

anything thrown out, dross

anything thrown out; = σκωρία, dross, Str. 9.1.23.

ἐ. μήτρα, Lat. vulva ejectitia, a Roman dish, Hipparch. ap. Ath. 3.101a, Sopat. 8.

II grape

an Egyptian grape, causing abortion, Plin. HN 14.117.

In the wild

ἐκβολὰς · ekbolas Aeschylus, Eumenides 748–749
ἐκβολάς · ekbolas Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1110a (DIORISIS sentence 620)
ἐκβολάς · ekbolas Euripides, Heracles 742–743
κἀκβολὰς · kakbolas Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 860)
ἐκβολὰς · ekbolas Herodotus, Histories 7.182.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8124)
ἐκβολὰς · ekbolas Herodotus, Histories 9.38.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9597)

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Where it came from

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