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ἐκσείω

ekseio

shake out, off, drive out, forth, reject

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Where it lives

Discourses 3 · 0.4/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἐκσείω · ekseiō — LSJ

shake out, off, shake out

shake out or off, τῆς κεφαλῆς ἐ. [τὸ δέρμα] Hdt. 4.64; ἐ. τὴν ἐσθῆτα shake out oneʼs clothes, Plu. Ant. 79:—Pass., ἐκσέσεισται χαμᾶζʼ (sc. ὁ τρίβων) Ar. Ach. 344, cf. Gal. 7.624.

II drive out, forth, reject

drive out or forth, τῶν λογισμῶν ἐ. τινά Plu. Ant. 14; ἐ. τὴν ἀπολογίαν reject it, D.S. 18.66.

In the wild

ἐκσείσει · ekseisei Epictetus, Discourses 4.13 (DIORISIS sentence 7330)
ἐκσείσῃ · ekseisēi Epictetus, Discourses 4.9 (DIORISIS sentence 7019)
ἐκσέσεισαι · ekseseisai Epictetus, Discourses 4.9 (DIORISIS sentence 7020)
ἐκσείει · ekseiei Herodotus, Histories 4.64.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4463)

Where it came from

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