A.“-ελῶ” Hdt.4.148, 5.63, IG12.39.4: pf. -ελήλα^κα:—Ep. pres. part. ἐξελάων Od.10.83; inf. “ἐξελάαν” Il.8.527, Od.11.292, Hes.Th.491 (v.l. -άειν): Arc. 1sg. pres. opt. “ἐξελαύνοια” IG5(2).343.65 (iv B.C.):—drive out, “ἄντρου ἐξήλασε μῆλα” Od.9.312, cf. 227, 11.292: abs., drive afield, of a shepherd, 10.83.
2. esp. drive out, expel from a place, “μήτι . . ἡμέας ἐξελάσωσιν γαίης ἡμετέρης” 16.381; “ἐξήλασέν με κἀπέκλῃσε δωμάτων” A. Pr.670; πάτρας, χθονός, S.OC376, 823; γῆς ἐκ πατρῴας ἐξελήλαμαι ib.1292; “ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος” Hdt.5.91; “ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας” Ar.Nu.123; “ἐκ τῶν πόλεων” Pl.Grg.466d; “Τιτῆνας ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ” Hes.Th.820; “τὸ βάρβαρον ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης” Pl.Mx.241d; “ἐξεληλαμένος τῆς βουλῆς” Plu.Cic.17; “ἐ. τινά” banish, Hdt.1.60, Ar.Ach.717, Pl.Ap.30d:—Med., Th.4.35,7.5.
3. drive out horses, etc., ἵππους ἐξέλασε Τρώων out of the ranks of the Trojans, Il.5.324, cf. 10.499; “ἁρμάτων ὄχους” E.Ph.1190:—Med., drive out one's horses, “ἵππους ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφ᾽ ἅρματι” Theoc.24.119 (but, drive off captured cattle, Plb.4.75.7); ἐ. στρατόν, στρατιήν, lead out an army, Hdt.1.76, 7.38; “ἐ. νῆα ὅρμου” A.R.1.987; lead out a procession, “ἐ. τὸν Ἴακχον” Plu.Alc.34; “θρίαμβον” Id.Marc.22: hence,
b. freq. with the acc. omitted, as if intr., ἐς δίφρον ὀρούσας ἐξέλασ᾽ ἐς πληθύν he drove out, Il.11.360, etc.; ride out, Th.7.27, X.Cyr.1.3.3, etc.; “ἐ. ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἱππέων” Lys.20.28; march out, Hdt.4.80, 8.113, etc.; go out, X.Cyr.8.3.1.
4. expel, banish, get rid of a thing, “τῶν ὀμμάτων τὸ αἰδούμενον” Plu.2.654d; by washing, “κόνιν λαγόνων” Call. Lav.Pall.6.
5. metaph., reject, Jul.Caes.306c.
III. beat out metals, “ἐ. ἡμιπλίνθια ἐκ χρυσοῦ” Hdt.1.50; ἐθηεῖτο σίδηρον ἐξελαυνόμενον ib.68, cf. 7.84; “κέντρον ἐπὶ λεπτὸν ἐξεληλασμένον” Plb. 6.22.4.