The corpus record

ἐκκᾰλύπτω

ekkalupto

uncover, disclose, reveal, uncover oneʼs head, unveil oneself

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Where it lives

Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Phaedo 2 · 0.92/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἐκκᾰλύπτω · ekkalyptō — LSJ

uncover, disclose, reveal, uncover oneʼs head, unveil oneself

uncover, τὸ παιδίον Hdt. 1.112; disclose, reveal, ὀργὴ νόον ἐξεκάλυψεν Even. 5; πάντʼ ἐκκάλυψον A. Pr. 195, cf. S. Aj. 1003; πάντʼ ἐ. ὁ χρόνος Id. Fr. 918; λέγʼ ἐκκαλύψας κρᾶτα E. Supp. 111; ἐ. μυστικοὺς λόγους Phld. Ir. p.46W.: folld. by relat., ἐκκάλυπτε..ἡμῖν οὕστινας λέγεις λόγους E. IA 872 :—Med., uncover oneʼs head, unveil oneself, Od. 10.179 (tm.): pf. fut. ἐκκεκαλύψομαι Ar. Av. 1503; opp. ἐγκαλύπτομαι, Pl. Phd. 118a.

2 unmask

unmask, τινά Aeschin. 3.55.

In the wild

ἐκκάλυψον · ekkalypson Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 196–198
ἐξεκαλύφθη · exekalyphthē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 4625)
ἐκκαλυπτόμενον · ekkalyptomenon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8432)
ἐκκάλυπτέ · ekkalypte Euripides, Heracles 1202–1203
ἐκκάλυψον · ekkalypson Euripides, Heracles 1226
ἐκκάλυπτε · ekkalypte Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 522)

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