The corpus record

ἐκφράζω

ekphrazo

tell over, recount

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Where it lives

Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant

ἐκφράζω · ekphrazō — LSJ

tell over, recount, denote

tell over, recount, A. Pr. 950, dub. l. in E. HF 1119; denote, δύναμιν τοῖς τῶν θεῶν ὀνόμασιν Plu. Aud.poet. 2.24a.

II describe

describe, Hermog. Prog. 10, Id. 2.4, Men.Rh. p.373 S.:—Pass., Theon Prog. 2.

2 express ornately

express ornately, τὸ ἐ. τὰ γέλοια ὅμοιόν ἐστι καὶ καλλωπίζειν πίθηκον Demetr. Eloc. 165.

In the wild

ἐκφρῶςʼ · ekphrōsʼ Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 109)

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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