A.picked out, select, ἔ. δεκάς a chosen ten, A.Pers.340 ; πλῆθος ἔ. στρατοῦ ib.803, cf. Th. 57 ; “ἔ. δικασταί” Pl.Lg.926d ; ἔ. δώρημα, = ἐξαίρετον, S.Aj.1302 ; “ἔ. ἄλλων” A.R.4.1185 ; “ἔ. νομίζεσθαι” Philostr.Gym.23 : neut. ἔκκριτον, as Adv., above all, eminently, E.Tr.1241.
2. evacuated, Arist.Pr. 861a36.