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ἐκ-θλίβω

ekthlibo

squeeze out

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Where it lives

Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
De Respiratione 2 · 3.29/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 3 · 2.05/10k
Psalmi 5 · 1.46/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
Regnorum IV 1 · 0.58/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκ-θλίβω · ek-thlibō — LSJ

squeeze out, to be forced from

squeeze out, Arist. HA 578b4, 626a20, Epicur. Ep. 2p.50U., Nic. Al. 626:—Pass., Arist. HA 522a20; to be forced from oneʼs position, Plu. Sull. 19.

2 to be crowded, cramped

Pass., to be crowded, cramped, of troops, X. An. 3.4.19.

3 squeeze, press

squeeze, press, σταφυλήν LXX Ge. 40.11 :—Pass., aor. 2 part. ἐκθλῐβείς Dsc. 1.112.

b squeeze out

squeeze out, Arist. Mete. 342a9 (Pass.).

4 elide

Gramm., elide a letter at the beginning or end of a word, οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε εὑρέσθαι τὸ ῡ -όμενον A.D. Conj. 228.17, cf. D.H. Dem. 43.

In the wild

ἐκθλίβεσθαι · ekthlibesthai Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 30)
ἐκθλίβοντος · ekthlibontos Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 32)
ἐκθλίψαντα · ekthlipsanta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9130)
ἐκθλίψουσιν · ekthlipsousin Septuaginta, Amos 6
ἐξεθλίβετε · exethlibete Septuaginta, Ezechiel 34
ἐξέθλιψα · exethlipsa Septuaginta, Genesis 40

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Where it came from

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