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ἐκπορ-ίζω

ekporizo

invent, contrive

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What it meant

ἐκπορ-ίζω · ekpor-izō — LSJ

invent, contrive

invent, contrive, ἄδικα E. Ba. 1042 (anap.); φόνον εἴς τινα Id. Ion 1114; μηχανήν Ar. V. 365; ἐ. ὅπως.. Id. Lys. 421.

II provide, furnish, procure, provide for oneself, supply

provide, furnish, στέγη..πάντʼ ἐ. S. Ph. 299; ἀργύριον ὑμῖν And. 2.17; ὅπια τινί Th. 6.72; χρήματα, μισθόν, X. Cyr. 3.1.30, An. 5.6.19; τὸ συμφέρον ἑκάστῳ Pl. R. 341d, etc.; procure, βίον Ar. V. 1113, cf. Pl. Men. 78e :— so in Med., provide for oneself, τὰ αὑτῶν Th. 1.82, cf. 125; ταῖς ἡδοναῖς πλήρωσιν Pl. Grg. 492a; γράμματα παρά τινος Plb. 22.3.2 (but Med., also, supply to others, BCH 48.3 (Brusa)).

III discharge

discharge a cargo, OGI 521.27,30 (Abydos, v A. D.).

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