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ἐκπληρ-όω ,
A.fill up, “ἑκατὸν ἐχίδναις ἀσπίδ᾽ ἐ.” E.Ph.1135.
2. make up to a certain number, “ἐκπληροῦσι τὰς ἴσας μυριάδας ἐκείνοισι” Hdt.7.186 ; “ἐξεπληροῦτο τὸ ναυτικὸν ἐς τὰς..τριηκοσίας ναῦς” Id.8.82 ; δέκατον ἐκπληρῶν ὄχον making up the number of ten chariots, S.El. 708; “ἐ. τοὺς ἱππέας εἰς δισχιλίους” X.Cyr.5.3.24.
3. man completely, “τριήρεις” Arist.Pol.1327b14.
4. fulfil, “ἡ χάρις ἐκπεπλήρωται” Hdt. 8.144 ; “μοῖραν” Hp.Vict.1.5 ; “εὐαγγελίαν” Act.Ap.13.33.
5. pay off, “τὸ χρέος” Pl.Lg.958b.
II. “ἐ. λιμένα πλάτῃ” make one's way over, E. Or.54.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Euripides, Orestes, 54
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1135
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.186
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.144
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.82
    • Plato, Laws, 958b
    • Sophocles, Electra, 708
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 5.3.24
    • New Testament, Acts, 13.33
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