A.“-είρξω” Ar.Ach.825:—shut out from a place, debar, “ἐξέργειν τινά” Hdt.3.51, etc.; ἐξείργειν τινὰ χθονός, γῆς, E.Heracl.20, 25; ἐξ ἀγορᾶς, ἐκ τοῦ ἄστεος, Pl.Lg.936c; “ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος” Aeschin.1.32; “ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν” Lys.6.16; “ἐκ τοῦ θεάτρου” D.21.178; ἐ. θύραζε drive away and shut him out of doors, Ar.Ach.825, cf. D.18.169:—Pass., “ἐξείργεσθαι πάντων” Th.2.13; “ἐξειργόμενοι δίκης” Plu.Rom. 23.
2. prevent, preclude, “καιρὸν ἐ. λόγος” S.El.1292; “τῶνδ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐξείργει νόμος” E.Andr.176; “ἐ. δέει τὸ δίκην λαμβάνειν” D.21.124: abs., “ὅταν μὴ ἡ ὥρα τοῦ ἔτους ἐξείργῃ” X.Oec.4.13:—Pass., “πολέμοις ἐξειργόμενοι” Th.1.118; “ἐὰν μὴ χρόνῳ ἐξείργηται” Arist.Cat.13a31: c. inf., to be hindered from doing, D.H.Th.15.
3. constrain, compel, “τινὰ πληγαῖς” Pl.Lg.935c:—Pass., ἀναγκαίῃ ἐξέργεσθαι ἔς τι to be constrained by necessity to undertake a thing, Hdt.7.96: c. inf., ἀναγκαίῃ ἐ. γνώμην ἀποδέξασθαι ib.139; “ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἐξεργόμενος” Id.9.111; “νόμῳ” Th.3.70.
