ἐκκολ-άπτω · ekkol-aptō — LSJ
erase, obliterate, τὸ ἐλεγεῖον Th. 1.132; τὸ ψήφισμα D. 57.64; τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς any part of.., CIG (add.) 4224d (Anticragus), cf. Aristid. 1.425J.
peck the chick out of the egg, hatch, Arist. HA 618a13; ἐ. τοὺς ἀνθρώπους Luc. VH 1.22; ἧπαρ Id. Prom. 9 :— Pass., Arist. HA 562a14; ᾠὸν ἐκκεκολαμμένον empty egg-shell, Thphr. HP 3.16.4; of a seam of ore, Gal. 12.239.