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melt out, let melt, pine, waste away, melt and ooze out, flabby condition, may it, melt from

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ἐκτήκω · ektēkō — LSJ

melt out, melt out

melt out, Κύκλωπος ὄμματʼ ἐ. πυρί Id. Cyc. 459; τὰ γράμματʼ ἐ. melt out the letters written on wax, Ar. Nu. 772.

2 let melt, pine, waste away

metaph., let melt, pine or waste away, ὄμμα δακρύοις E. Or. 134, cf. 529; δάκρυσι χρόα Id. Hel. 1419; τὸν θυμόν Pl. R. 411b; λῆστις δʼ ἐ. μνημοσύνην πραπίδων Critias 6.12 D.; τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν ἐ. κρᾶσιν Plu. Lyc. 5; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς δάκρυα Id. Brut. 23; λύπῃ καὶ λιμῷ ἑαυτόν Ael. NA 10.41.

II melt and ooze out, flabby condition

Pass., with pf. ἐκτέτηκα: aor. ἐξετάκην [ᾰ]:—melt and ooze out, Hp. Coac. 629; τὸ ἐκτετηκός flabby condition, Id. Aph. 2.35.

2 pine, waste away, may it, melt from

metaph., pine, waste away, ἐκτέτηκα καρδίαν E. Hec. 433; ἐξετηκόμην γόοις Id. Or. 860, etc.; τὰς ὁράσεις ἐκτετηκυῖα ὑπὸ τῶν δακρύων D.H. 8.45, cf. Luc. Gall. 29, 31; μάλα μοι τόδʼ ἐμμένοι καὶ μήποτʼ ἐκτακείη may it never melt from my remembrance, A. Pr. 535 (lyr.), cf. Critias l.c.

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