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ἐκπίμπλημι ,
A.fill up, “κρατῆρα” E.Cyc.388 ; ἐκ δ᾽ ἐπίμπλαμεν δρόσου κρατῆρας filled them full of.., Id.Ion1194.
2. satiate, “ὄμματ᾽ ἐξεπίμπλαμεν” Id.Andr.1087 ; “ἐκπιμπλάναι τὴν αὐτίκα φιλονικίαν” Th.3.82 ; “τὰς ἐπιθυμίας” D.C.41.27 :—Pass., “ὡς ἐξεπλήσθη [τὸ νόσημα]” S.Ph. 759.
II. fulfil, ἐξέπλησε μοῖραν τὴν ἑωυτοῦ fulfilled his destiny, Hdt.3.142 ; “ἐ. τοῦ ὀνείρου τὴν φήμην” Id.1.43 ; ἐ. τὸν νόμον to satisfy the requirements of the law, Id.1.199,4.117 ; πέμπτου γονέος ἁμαρτάδα ἐξέπλησε paid the full penalty of the sin of Gyges, Id.1.91.
III. accomplish, “ἐνιαυτὸν ἐξέπλησεν” S.Tr.253 ; “ἀρὰς..ἔοικεν ἐκπλῆσαι θεός” E.Ph.1426 ; “ἱερά τ᾽ ἐξεπίμπλασαν” Id.Supp.722 ; “ἐ. πλῆθος κακῶν” to narrate in full, A.Pers.430 ; μοχθήματα, etc., E.Hel.735, etc. ; πανταχοῦ γὰρ ἄστεως ζητῶν νιν ἐξέπλησα I have finished seeking her in every part, Id.Ion1108.
IV. fill up or complete a number, ἐ. τὸ ἐλλεῖπον (as v.l. for ἐκπληρώσατε) X.Cyr.4.5.39 ; τὸ ἱππικόν ib.6.1.26, cf. Arr.Tact.14.2.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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