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ἔκ-δοσις , εως, ἡ, Arc. ἔσδοσις IG5(2).6.16 :—
A.giving up, surrendering, “ἱκετέων” Hdt.1.159; “ὁμηρειῶν ἐκδόσεις εἰς ἀλλήλους” Pl.Plt.310e.
2. giving in marriage, dowering, “ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν θυγατέρων” Id.Lg.924d, cf. Arist.Pol.13352 22 ; “τὰς ἐ. τῶν γυναικῶν” D.44.66.
3. letting, hiring, or farming out, PPetr.3p.148 (iii B.C.) ; “τὰς ἐ. ἀγοράζειν παρὰ τῶν τιμητῶν” Plb. 6.17.4 ; “τὰς ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι” IG7.303.27 (Orop.) ; “ἐ. ἱερῶν ἔργων” Plu.Cat. Ma.19, cf. IG5(2).l.c.
4. lending money on ships or exported goods, bottomry, D.27.11, 29.35.
5. publication of a book, D.H. Amm.1.10, Ael.Tact.Praef.4 : in concrete sense, a 'publication', treatise, A.D.Synt.3.4, 313.6, Iamb.VP23.104.
b. edition, of an author's work, “Ἀριστοφάνειος” Heph.Poëm.p.74C., cf. A.D.Pron.89.22, etc.
c. translation, J.AJ12.2.4 (dub.).
II. bursting forth, “πηγῶν” Philostr.Im.2.17 ; delivery, “ἐμβρύου” Sor.1.71.
2. motions of the bowels, Archig. ap. Aët.6.27.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1, 11
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus, 35
    • Demosthenes, Against Leochares, 66
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.159
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 12.2.4
    • Plato, Laws, 924d
    • Plato, Statesman, 310e
    • Polybius, Histories, 6.17.4
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