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ἐκκορέω

ekkoreo

sweep clean

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ἐκκορέω · ekkoreō — LSJ

sweep clean, has robbed, of your daughter?, sweep away, clear out! pack off!, drive away

sweep clean, τὰς κλίνας Thphr. Char. 22.12 (nisi leg. ἐκκορίσας): metaph., μὴ ʼκκόρει τὴν Ἑλλάδα Ar. Pax 59; and (with a play on κόρη) τίς ἐξεκόρησέ σε; who has robbed you of your daughter? Id. Th. 760 : generally, sweep away, τὸν τῦφον, τὴν κραιπάλην, Alciphr. 1.37; ἐκκορηθείης σύ γε clear out! pack off! Men. Georg. 53 : prov., ἐκκόρει, κόρη, κορώνην maiden, drive away the crow— the opening of a wedding song—the crow being a prognostic of widowhood, Carm.Pop. 25, cf. Horap. 1.8.

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