ἐκποι-έω (ekpoieo)

Where it lives

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Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Ezechiel 2 · 0.69/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Histories 7 · 0.38/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἐκποι-έω · ekpoi-eō — LSJ

put out

put out:

1 put out, give him to be adopted, to be adopted

put out a child, i.e. give him to be adopted by another, opp. εἰσποιέω, D.C. 60.33 :—Pass., to be adopted, ἂν ἐκποιηθῇ Is. 7.25, cf. D.C. 38.12.

2 alienate

alienate, Pherecr. 65, Cod.Just. 1.5.17.1, al.

3 withdraw

withdraw, ἐμαυτὸν τοῦ δικαστηρίου Philostr. VA 8.7.

II produce, bring forth

in Med., produce, bring forth, γαλᾶς, βότρυς, Ar. Ach. 255, Pax 708, Epicur. Nat. 2.5.

III make complete, finish off, furnish, made all

make complete, finish off, Sophr. 76, Hdt. 2.125 (Pass.); οἰκίας IG 12(5).252 (Paros, vi/v B.C.); τὰς ὁδοὺς γεφύραις ἐ. furnish them with.., D.C. 68.15; πρὸς τὰ μεγέθη τὰ γεγραμμένα IG 7.3073.101 (Lebad.): c. gen. materiae, Παρίου λίθου τὰ ἔμπροσθε ἐξεποίησαν they made all the front of Parian marble, Hdt. 5.62; ἱερὰ βασιλείοις -πεποιημένα τέλεσι Philostr. VA 8.31.

2 procure

procure, ὅπλα τινί Id. Her. 19.4.

IV cause

cause, βλαστάνειν οὐκ ἐ. τὸ τῆς ὥρας Thphr. CP 1.14.2.

2 permit, it is allowable, it is favourable, to be sufficient, it suffices

permit, τινί, c. inf., LXX Si. 18.4 : impers., ἐκποιεῖ it is allowable, Hp. Prorrh. 2.3; of the weather, it is favourable, Teles p. 53 H.: intr., to be sufficient, LXX 2 Ch. 7.7; ἐφʼ ὅσους ἂν ἐκποιῇ μῆνας SIG 976.57 (Samos, ii B.C.): impers., ἐκποιεῖ it suffices, Lys. Fr. 57S., cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.21 : fut., περὶ τούτων ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς σαφέστερον ἐκποιήσει κατανοεῖν Plb. 2.24.17, cf. Ceb. 8.

In the wild

κἀκποιήσεται · kakpoiēsetai Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 195)
ἐκποιοῦ · ekpoiou Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 512)
ἐκποιεῖ · ekpoiei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4020)
ἐκποιεῖ · ekpoiei Epictetus, Discourses 1.8 (DIORISIS sentence 414)
ἐξεποιήθη · exepoiēthē Herodotus, Histories 1.164.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1155)
ἐξεποίευν · exepoieun Herodotus, Histories 2.125.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2454)

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