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ἐκρέω

ekreo

flow out, forth, fall off

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκρέω · ekreō — LSJ

flow out, forth

flow out or forth, ἐκ δʼ αἷμα μέλαν ῥέε Il. 21.119; ἔκ τινος Pl. Phd. 112a; of streams, ἐ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt. 2.20; ἐ. ἔξω ib. 149.

2 fall off

of feathers, fall off, ἐξερρύηκε τὰ πτερά Ar. Av. 104; of hair, Arist. HA 518a32.

b shed fruit

shed fruit, ἐκρυήσεται ἡ ἐλαία LXX De. 28.40.

3 melt, fall away, disappear, faded from, memory

metaph., melt or fall away, disappear, Pl. R. 452d, Thg. 130e; ἐξερρύησαν οἱ τοῦ Θεμιστοκλέους λόγοι τῶν Ἑλλήνων they faded from their memory, Plu. Them. 12.

II shed, let fall

c. acc. cogn., shed, let fall, χάριν ἐξέρρευσας AP 11.374 (Maced.).

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