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ἐκπέμπω

ekpempo

send out, forth from, bring out by calling, call

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκπέμπω · ekpempō — LSJ

I send out, forth from

of persons, send out or forth from, c. gen. loci, ὅπως Πρίαμον..νηῶν ἐκπέμψειε Il. 24.681; ὅς τίς σε..δώματος ἐκπέμψῃσι Od. 18.336, cf. S. El. 1128; ἐ. ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Isoc. 6.78 :—Med., δόμου ἐκπέμψασθε θύραζε Od. 20.361, cf. S. Aj. 612 (lyr.), etc.

2 bring out by calling, call, fetch out, go forth, depart

bring out by calling, call or fetch out, τινὰ ἐκτὸς πυλῶν Id. Ant. 19:—so in Med., Id. OT 951:—Pass., go forth, depart, Id. OC 1664.

3 send forth, dispatch

send forth, dispatch, πρέσβεις, στρατιάς, οἰκήτορας, Th. 1.90, 141, 4.49; ἐ. συμπρεσβευτὰς τοὺς ἐχθρούς Arist. Pol. 1271a24; ἐ. ἀποικίας οἷον σμήνη μελιττῶν Pl. Plt. 293d, cf. Arist. Pol. 1273b19 :—Pass., τῶν -ομένων καὶ εἰσαγομένων ἐπιστολῶν Aen.Tact. 10.6.

4 send away, divorce

send away, τινὰ ἐς.. Hdt. 1.160; ἐ. τινὰ ἄτιμον S. OT 789; καθάρμαθʼ ὥς τις ἐκπέμψας A. Ch. 98: in Prose, divorce a wife, ἐ. γυναῖκα Hdt. 1.59, Lys. 14.28, cf. D. 59.55 :—also in Med., γῆς φυγάδας ἐκπέμψασθαι S. OT 309.

5 conduct across

c. dupl. acc., conduct across, τινὰ τὸν Ἰορδάνην LXX 2 Ki. 19.31.

II send out, send abroad

of things, send out, send abroad, κειμήλια πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά..ἵνα περ τάδε τοι σόα μίμνῃ Il. 24.381; δῶρά τινι Hdt. 1.136; σῖτόν τινι Th. 4.16 (nisi leg. ἐσ-).

2 export, export

export, ἐ. ὧν ἐπλεόναζον Arist. Pol. 1257a32 :—Med., τὰ πλεονάζοντα τῶν γιγνομένων ἐκπέμψασθαι export their surplus products, ib. 1327a27.

3 send forth, give out

send forth, give out, σέλας A. Ag. 281; πνεῦμα, [ὑγρόν], Arist. PA 664a18, HA 589b18; δυσοσμίαν Alciphr. 3.28.

4 utter, pronounce

utter, pronounce, A.D. Pron. 35.1 (Pass.).

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. πέμπω (scan p. 1221; entry #4897).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πέμπω (scan p. 896; entry #6394).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πέμπω (scan pp. 1474-1475; entry #4565).

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