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ἐξελ-αύνω , fut.
A.-ελῶHdt.4.148, 5.63, IG12.39.4: pf. -ελήλα^κα:—Ep. pres. part. ἐξελάων Od.10.83; inf. “ἐξελάανIl.8.527, Od.11.292, Hes.Th.491 (v.l. -άειν): Arc. 1sg. pres. opt. “ἐξελαύνοιαIG5(2).343.65 (iv B.C.):—drive out,ἄντρου ἐξήλασε μῆλαOd.9.312, cf. 227, 11.292: abs., drive afield, of a shepherd, 10.83.
3. drive out horses, etc., ἵππους ἐξέλασε Τρώων out of the ranks of the Trojans, Il.5.324, cf. 10.499; “ἁρμάτων ὄχουςE.Ph.1190:—Med., drive out one's horses, “ἵππους ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφ᾽ ἅρματιTheoc.24.119 (but, drive off captured cattle, Plb.4.75.7); . στρατόν, στρατιήν, lead out an army, Hdt.1.76, 7.38; “. νῆα ὅρμουA.R.1.987; lead out a procession, “. τὸν ἼακχονPlu.Alc.34; “θρίαμβονId.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.; “. ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἱππέωνLys.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 αἰδούμενονPlu.2.654d; by washing, “κόνιν λαγόνωνCall. Lav.Pall.6.
5. metaph., reject, Jul.Caes.306c.
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