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ἐκμηρύομαι

ekmeruomai

wind off like a ball of thread

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Where it lives

Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

ἐκμηρύομαι · ekmēryomai — LSJ

wind off like a ball of thread, make, defile out

wind off like a ball of thread, Jul. Gal. 135c; of an army, make it defile out, τὴν δύναμιν ἐκ τῶν δυσχωριῶν Plb. Fr. 132; διὰ στενῆς θυρίδος.. ἐκμηρυόμενος αὑτόν Plu. Aem. 26.

II defile

intr., of the army, defile, X. An. 6.5.22; τῆς χαράδρας Plb. 3.53.5 (but τὰς δυσχωρίας ib. 51.2).

III evolve itself, develop

metaph., evolve itself, develop, Dam. Pr. 65, cf. eund. ap. Simp. in Ph. 780.30.

In the wild

ἐξεμηρύοντο · exemēryonto Xenophon, Anabasis 6.5.22 (DIORISIS sentence 2937)

Where it came from

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