ἐκ-κρούω (ekkrouo)

Where it lives

De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
Against Boeotus 2 2 · 5.15/10k
De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
Against Conon 1 · 3.15/10k
For Phormio 1 · 2.55/10k
Against Stephanus 1 1 · 1.77/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
On the False Embassy 2 · 0.87/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Against Midias 1 · 0.67/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκ-κρούω · ek-krouō — LSJ

knock out

knock out, παττάλους Ar. Fr. 402b; τι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν X. Cyn. 10.12; for Ar. Fr. 270 (Med.), v. πύνδαξ :—Pass., BGU 1007.16 (iii B.C.).

b expels

metaph., ἡ μείζων κίνησις ἐ. τὴν ἐλάττω expels, Arist. Sens. 447a15; [ἡ ἡδίων ἐνέργεια] ἐ. τὴν ἑτέραν Id. EN 1175b8; ἐ. τὸν λογισμόν, τὴν λύπην, ib. 1119b10, 1154a27.

2 drive back, repulse, to frustrate, cheat, of

drive back, repulse, Th. 4.131, X. HG 7.4.16; ἀπὸ [λόφου] Th. 4.128 : metaph., ἐ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος to frustrate, cheat one of. ., Pl. Phdr. 228e; τῆς προαιρέσεως Plu. Sol. 14; ἵνα μὴ.. τοῦ παρόντος ἐμαυτὸν ἐκκρούσω D. 18.313 :—Pass., τὸν λογισμὸν ἐκκρουσθείς Plu. Pyrrh. 30.

3 hiss, off

hiss an actor off the stage, ἐβόων, ἐξέκρουόν με D. 19.23.

4 put off, adjourn by evasions, elude

put off, adjourn by evasions, εἰς ὑστεραίαν τὴν.. γνώμην ib. 144; [τὴν δίκην] Id. 36.2, cf. 54.30; τοσαύτας τέχνας.. εὑρίσκων ἐκκρούει Id. 21.81; ἐ. τοὺς λόγους elude, Pl. Prt. 336c; ἐ. πρᾶγμα τῷ χρόνῳ ‘talk out’, Plu. Caes. 13 :—Pass., γραφῆς ἐκκρουομένης D. 45.4.

5 discharge

discharge, βέλη ἐκ μηχανῶν D.C. 75.11.

6 subtract, let, be subtracted, cast out, deduct

Math., subtract, κοινὸν ἐκκεκρούσθω τὸ ἀπὸ BZ let the square on BZ be subtracted from both, Papp. 946.16; cast out by division, Vett.Val. 20.20, 174.2; deduct, in Pass., PTeb. 189, 241 (i B.C.), etc.

II get rid of

Med., get rid of, βῆχα Plu. Garr. 2.515a.

III break forth

intr., break forth, κέρατα τῶν κροτάφων ἐκκρούει Philostr. VA 1.19.

In the wild

ἐκκρούεται · ekkrouetai Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 26)
ἐκκρούονται · ekkrouontai Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 53)
ἐκκρούει · ekkrouei Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 192)
ἐκκρούεται · ekkrouetai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
ἐκκρούουσιν · ekkrouousin Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1119b (DIORISIS sentence 1066)
ἐκκρούει · ekkrouei Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1154a (DIORISIS sentence 2590)

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Where it came from

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