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ἐκχωρ-έω

ekchoreo

depart, leave a country, emigrate, withdraw

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ἐκχωρ-έω · ekchōr-eō — LSJ

depart, leave a country, emigrate, withdraw

depart, ἐκ χώρας SIG 679.53; 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

slip out of, ἀστράγαλος ἐξεχώρησε ἐκ τῶν ἄρθρων Hdt. 3.129.

3 give way, retire, give way

give way, retire, E. IA 367, 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. 1; τινὶ περί τινος Plb. 21.20.1.

4 motion

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

II give up, cede

trans., give up, cede, τινί τι IG 12(3).324.15 (Thera), PEleph. 15.2 (iii B.C.), Sammelb. 4414.8, etc.; τῷ δαίμονί τι Vett.Val.156.4:—Pass., CIG 4268 (Xanthus).

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