A.dart or hurl forth, launch, “ἐ. τὰ δόρατα” X.HG5.4.40; φάσγανον πρὸς ἧπαρ ἐ. strike it home, E.HF1149: c. dat., ἐ. τοῖς δόρασι, τοῖς παλτοῖς, X.HG4.6.11, An.5.4.25; “ἐ. ἐπί τινα” Plu.Art.9; “κατὰ συός” D.S.9Fr.29; “-ίζεται τὸ αἷμα” Gal.4.708.
2. metaph., freq. in E., ἐ. κῶλον τῆσδε γῆς, i.e. flee precipitately, Ba.665; ἐ. χεῖρας γενείου γονάτων τε dart out the hands towards his chin and knees [in supplication], IT362; τοὺς Οδυσσέως πόνους ἐ. shoot forth, i.e. proclaim loudly, Tr.444 (troch.); “ταῦτα πρὸς τὰ σά” Supp.456; so “γλώσσῃ ματαίους ἐ. λόγους” Men.1091; “τοσαύτην ἐ. πνοήν” Antiph. 217.7.