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ἐκκῡμ-αίνω

ekkumaino

swerve, bulge from the straight line

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What it meant

ἐκκῡμ-αίνω · ekkym-ainō — LSJ

swerve, bulge from the straight line

swerve, bulge from the straight line, of a line of soldiers, X. An. 1.8.18, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 84.

2 cause to burst from their sockets

cause to burst from their sockets, τὤμματα Herod. 6.68.

II to be cast up by the waves

Pass., to be cast up by the waves, D.H. 10.53; ὑπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης Plu. Isid. 2.357a.

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