A.“-βεβλήσομαι” E.Ba.1313 :— throw or cast out of, c. gen., “Ὀδίον μέγαν ἔκβαλε δίφρου” Il.5.39, etc. : abs., throw out, “ἐκ δ᾽ εὐνὰς ἔβαλον” 1.436, etc. ; καὶ τὴν μὲν..ἰχθύσι κύρμα γενέσθαι ἔκβαλον threw her overboard, Od.15.481, cf. Hdt.1.24 : then in various relations, ἐκπίπτω being freq. used as its Pass. :
1. throw ashore, “τὸν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽..νεὸς ἔκβαλε κῦμ᾽ ἐπὶ χέρσου” Od.19.278 ; “ἄνεμος.. τρηχέως περιέσπε..πολλὰς τῶν νεῶν ἐκβάλλων πρὸς τὸν Ἄθων” Hdt.6.44 ; “ἐ. ἐς τὴν γῆν” Id.7.170 (but in 2.113 ἄνεμοι..ἐκβάλλουσι ἐς τὸ πέλαγος carry out to sea ; ἐξέβαλεν ἄνεμος ἡμᾶς drove us out of our course, E.Cyc.20) :—Med., put ashore, “ἵππους ἐξεβάλλοντο” Hdt. 6.101 ; jettison, Syngr. ap. D.35.11.
2. cast out of a place, “Κιμμερίους ἐκβαλόντες ἐκ τῆς Εὐρώπης” Hdt.1.103 ; ἐ. ἐκ τῆς χώρας, of an enemy, Lycurg.99, cf. D.60.8 ; esp. of banishment, ἐκ πόλεως ἐ. drive out of the country, Pl.Grg.468d, cf. Ar.Pl.430, etc. ; of a corpse, ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, τῶν ὁρίων, Pl.Lg.873b, 909c : c. acc. only. drive out, banish, Heraclit.121, S.OC6<*>6,770, etc. ; turn out, “νεοττούς” Arist. HA618b12 ; cast out of the synagogue, Ev.Jo.34 ; “ἐκ τοῦ τάγματος” J.BJ2.8.8 ; exorcize, cast out evil spirits, Ev.Marc.1.34, al. ; also in weakened sense, cause to depart, ib.43.
3. expose on a desertisland, S.Ph.257, 1034, 1390 ; expose a dead body, “ταφῆς ἄτερ” Id.Aj.1388 ; ἐ. τέκνα expose children, E.Ion964.
4. ἐ. γυναῖκα ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας divorce her, D. 59.83 : with simple acc., And.1.125, D.59.63, D.S.12.18, etc. :—Pass., LXXLe.21.7.
5. cast out of his seat, depose a king, “ἐ. ἕδρας Κρόνον” A.Pr.203 ; ἐκ τυραννίδος θρόνου τ᾽ ib.910 ; “ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς” X.Cyr.1.3.9 : without “ἐκ, ἐ. τινὰ πλούτου” S.El.649 :—Pass., to be ejected, of an occupier, PPetr.2p.143 (iii B.C.), PMagd. 12.8 (iii B.C.), etc. ; “χάριτος ἐκβεβλημένη” S.Aj.808 ; “ἐκ τῆς φιλίας” X.An.7.5.6 ; ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐξεβλ<*>θησαν Isoc.4.70.
7. ἐ. φρέατα dig wells, Plu. Pomp.32.
8. of drugs, get rid of, “τοξεύματα” Dsc.3.32.
9. expel afterbirth, Hp. Mul.1.78.
II. strike out of, “χειρῶν δ᾽ ἔκβαλλε κύπελλα” Od.2.396, cf. Theoc.22.210 ; ἐκβάλλεθ᾽..τευχέων πάλους throw them out of the urns, A.Eu.742 : abs., δοῦρα ἐ. fell trees (prop., cut them out of the forest), Od.5.244.
III. let fall, drop, “χειρὸς δ᾽ ἔκβαλεν ἔγχος” Il.14.419 ; “σφῦραν” B.17.28 ; “ξίφος” E. Andr.629, cf. Ar.Lys.156 ; “οἰστούς” X.An.2.1.6 : metaph., ἦ ῥ᾽ ἅλιον ἔπος ἔκβαλον let fall an idle word, Il.18.324 ; “εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε” Od.4.503, cf. Hdt.6.69, A.Ag.1662, etc. ; “ἐ. ῥῆμα” Pl.R. 473e : abs., utter, speak, D.L.9.7 ; shed, “δάκρυα δ᾽ ἔκβαλε θερμά” Od. 19.362 ; ἐ. ἕρκος ὀδόντων cast, shed one's teeth, Sol.27, cf. E.Cyc.644, etc. ; throw up blood, S.Ant.1238 ; spit out, Thphr.HP4.8.4 ; ἐκβαλεῦσι τὰς κούρας their eyes will drop out, prov. of covetous persons, Herod.4.64.
IV. throw away, cast aside, reject, εὐμένειαν, χάριν, S.OC631,636, cf. Plb.1.14.4 ; “προγόνων παλαιὰ θέσμια” E.Fr.360.45 ; “θεούς” Ar.Nu.1477 ; recall, repudiate, “ἐ. λόγους” Pl.Cri.46b ; annul, “τοὔπος” S.OT849 ; remoue an official from his post, D.21.87 ; drive an actor from the stage, Id.19.337 : metaph., of a politician, Pl.Ax.368d : —Pass., Ar.Eq.525 ; “ἐκβάλλεσθαι ἄξια” Antipho 4.3.1.
VI. produce, of women, Hp.Epid.4.25 (of premature birth), Plu.Publ.21 ; esp. in case of a miscarriage or abortion, Hp.Mul.1.60, Thphr.HP9.18.8; “βρέφος ἐκ τῆς γαστρός” Ant.Lib. 34 ; with play on 1.2, D.L.2.102, etc. ; hatch chicks, Sch.Ar.Av. 251.
b. of plants, ἐ. καρπόν put forth fruit, Hp.Nat.Puer.22 ; “ἐ. στάχυν” E.Ba.75 ) :—Pass., “τὰ ἐκβαλλόμενα” BGU197.12(i A.D.).
VIII. upset, undo the effect of a speech, Plb.11.10.6.
IX. Math., produce a line, in Pass., Arist. Cael. 71b29, Mech.850a11, Str. 2.1.29, etc. ; ἐ. εἰς ἄπειρον produce to infinity, in metaph. sense, “τὰ δεινά” Phld.D.1.12, cf. 13.
2. start counting, in astronomical calculations, Procl.Par.Ptol.252.
