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ἐκλογ-έω

eklogeo

select, excuse oneself, plead in excuse

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἐκλογ-έω · eklog-eō — LSJ

select

select, CPHerm. p.80 (iii B.C.).

II excuse oneself, plead in excuse, to state by way of excuse that

mostly in Med., excuse oneself, ὑπέρ τινος App. BC 5.77; ἐ. τὴν ἀνάγκην plead in excuse, ib. 13: c. acc. et inf., to state by way of excuse that.., ib. 3.48; μικρὰ ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ Them. Or. 8.103d.

In the wild

ἐκλογῇ · eklogēi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6056)

Where it came from

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