A.tame or reclaim entirely, χῶρον [ἀκανθώδη] Hdt.1.126; ἐ. γαῖαν free the land from wild beasts, etc., E.HF20,852; reclaim wild plants, “κοτίνους εἰς σνκᾶς ἐ.” Plu.Fab.20, cf. Thphr.HP2.2.12 (Pass.), al.: metaph., soften, humanize, “τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀτέραμνον” Plb.4. 21.4; “διανοίας” Ph.2.402; “τὰς τῶν ἠθῶν καὶ παθῶν ὕλας” LXX 4 Ma.1.29; “αὑτὸν διὰ παιδείας” Plu.Num.3; “τὴν νῆσον ἐξηγριωμένην ὑπὸ κακῶν . . ἐξημέρωσε” Id.Tim.35, cf. Parth.20.1; ἡ ἐξημερωμένη ἐν τοῖς νῦν χρόνοις ἀναστροφή our present civilized life, Phld.Sto.339.19.
ἐξημερ-όω ,