The corpus record

ἐκφορ-ά

ekphora · ἡ

carrying out

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Where it lives

On the Murder of Eratosthenes 2 · 8.32/10k
Against Eratosthenes 2 · 4.13/10k
Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
Minos 1 · 3.51/10k
Plutus 2 · 2.48/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 1 · 1.87/10k
Paralipomenon II 3 · 1.52/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 11 · 1.03/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκφορ-ά · ekphor-a — LSJ

carrying out

carrying out, esp. of a corpse to burial, A. Th. 1029, Ch. 9, 430 (lyr., pl.), Th. 2.34; ἐπʼ ἐκφορὰν βαδίζειν Ar. Pl. 1008; ἐπʼ ἐ. ἀκολουθεῖν τινί Lys. 1.8; also of meats at a sacrifice, Theopomp. Com.70, Euphro 1.20, prob. in Ar. Pl. 1138; τῶν κρεῶν μὴ εἶναι ἐ. ἔξω τοῦ τεμένεος IG 7.235.32 (Orop.).

2 blabbing, betrayal of secrets

blabbing, betrayal of secrets, λόγων ἀπορρήτων ἐ. D.L. 1.98.

II running away

(from Pass.) of horses, running away, ἡ πρὸς οἶκον ἐ. X. Eq. 3.5.

2 passing out

passing out, ἡ τοῦ πνεύματος ἐ. D.S. 2.12.

III projection in a building

projection in a building, Vitr. 3.5.1, 6.2.2 (pl.).

IV utterance, pronunciation

utterance, pronunciation, Phld. Po. 994.24, Str. 16.4.18, D.H. Comp. 14.

V expression, enunciation, mode of expression, grammatical construction

expression, enunciation of ideas, Stoic. 2.58, al., D.H. Comp. 8, Plu. Col. 2.1112e, Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 371.7; esp. mode of expression, grammatical construction, ἐ. προστακτική A.D. Synt. 69.20; ἐνεργητική ib. 150.19; ἐ. ἑνικαί, πληθυντικαί, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.6.

VI digression

digression, εἰς ἐ. ἐκπίπτειν wander from the point, Gal. 8.629.

In the wild

ἐκφορᾷ · ekphorai Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 7–9
ἐκφοραῖς · ekphorais Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 429–433
ἐκφορᾶς · ekphoras Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1026–1030
ἐκφοράν · ekphoran Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 2 (DIORISIS sentence 752)
ἐκφοράν · ekphoran Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 805)
ἐκφορά · ekphora Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 925)

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