The corpus record

ἐκ-πράσσω

ekprasso

bring about, achieve

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 3 · 2.9/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 2 · 2.24/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκ-πράσσω · ek-prassō — LSJ

bring about, achieve, perform, have made, end in

bring about, achieve, τι A. Ag. 582, etc.; τόδʼ ἐξέπραξεν ὥστε.. Id. Pers. 723; χρέος perform a service, Id. Supp. 472; ὡς.. S. Ant. 303; δόλιον εὐνὴν ἐξέπραξʼ E. Hel. 20; τὸν καλλίνικον..ἐξεπράξατε ἐς γόον ye have made the hymn of triumph end in wailing, Id. Ba. 1161; in later Prose, τὸ δέον Paul.Aeg. 6.118.

II make an end of, kill, destroy

make an end of, kill, destroy, A. Ag. 1275, S. OC 1659, E. Hec. 515.

III exact, levy, to be made to pay

exact, levy, αἵματος δίκην Id. HF 43; καταδίκας SIG 554.19 (Thermon); τόκους ib. 672.39 (Delph., ii B. C.) : c. dupl. acc., χρήματα ἐ. τινά Th. 8.108 : abs., τοὺς ταμίας ἐ. Pl. Lg. 774e, cf. IG 1(2).79 :—Pass., to be made to pay, χρήματα ὑπό τινος Paus. 7.12.1.

2 exact punishment for, avenge

exact punishment for a thing, avenge, S. OT 377; μητρῷον φόνον E. Med. 1305 :—Med., τὸν Δωριέος πρὸς Ἐγεσταίων φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι Hdt. 7.158.

In the wild

ἐκπράξας · ekpraxas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1269–1276
ἐξέπραξεν · exepraxen Aeschylus, Persians 723
ἐξέπραξεν · exepraxen Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 840–841
ἐκπράξω · ekpraxō Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 472–473
ἐξέπραξεν · exepraxen Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 101–103
ἐξέπραξαν · exepraxan Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 205 (DIORISIS sentence 704)

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Where it came from

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