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ἐκτοξεύω

ektoxeuo

shoot out, shoot away

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ἐκτοξεύω · ektoxeuō — LSJ

shoot out, shoot away, has shot away all, arrows

shoot out, shoot away, τὰ βέλη ἐξετετόξευτο Hdt. 1.214, etc.; ἐ. γραφήν Hld. 9.5: metaph., τὸ σῶφρον ἐξετόξευσεν has shot away all its arrows, i.e. has no resource left, E. Andr. 365; νομίζων ἐκτετοξεῦσθαι βίον Ar. Pl. 34.

2 reject, banish

metaph., reject, banish, ἀλήθειαν Ph. 1.528:—Pass., ὑπερόριος ἐ. ib. 252.

3 shoot from, shoot arrows

abs., shoot from a place, shoot arrows, X. An. 7.8.14, Arr. An. 1.1.11.

4

Pass., of the pulse, Gal. 8.486.

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