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ἐκμοχλ-εύω

ekmochleuo

lift out with a lever

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What it meant

ἐκμοχλ-εύω · ekmochl-euō — LSJ

lift out with a lever, to force, open with crow-bars, force, compel, dislodge

lift out with a lever, Hp. Art. 72 (and in Med., ib. 76); πύλας ἐ. to force them open with crow-bars, Ar. Lys. 429 : generally, force, compel, τὴν φύσιν Plu. QConv. 2.662c; dislodge, τὰ λυποῦντα Gal. 7.195, cf. Archig. ap. Orib. 8.1.22; τὴν κακοχυμίαν τῶν σωμάτων Olymp. in Grg. p.143J.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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