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ἐκπονέω ,
A.work out, finish off, Sapph.98, Pi.P.4.236 ; “ἄκη” A.Supp. 367 ; “τὸ εὐπρεπὲς τοῦ λόγου” Th.3.38 ; “δολιχὰν τρίβον” AP7.212 (Mnasalc.), Ar.Av.379 ; also, form by instruction, as Chiron did Achilles, E.IA209 (lyr.); ἐ. τινὰ πέπλοισιν to deck him out, Id.Hipp.632 :— Pass., to be wrought out, brought to perfection, “τὸ ναυτικὸν μεγάλαις δαπάναις ἐκπονηθέν” Th.6.31 ; “τὰ σῖτα” X.Cyr.8.2.5 ; “ὅπια ἐκπεπόνηται εἰς κόσμον” Id.HG4.2.7, cf. Pl.R.529e.
2. practise, “τὰ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον” X.Cyr.5.1.30 ; “ὀρχήσεις” Plb.4.20.12 :—Med., Pl.Lg.834e :—Pass., of persons, ἐκπεπονῆσθαι τὰ σώματα to be in good training or practice, X. Cyr.3.3.57 ; “ἐκπεπονημένοι, ὡς ἂν κράτιστοι εἶεν” Id.HG6.4.28.
3. work through, execute, “τἀντεταιμένα” E.Ph.1648 ; ἐ.ἀέθλους finish hard tasks, Theoc.Ep.22.5 ; “ἃ ἂν μάθωσιν, ἱκανώτεροι τῷ σώματι ἐ.” X.Cyr. 4.3.11 :—Med., E.Med.241 :—Pass., “ταῦτα δυοῖν ἐν ἐτοῖν..μόλις ἐξεπονήθη” Cratin.237.
4. labour for, provide by labour, earn, “σωτηρίαν” E.Fr.729 ; “βίον” Id.Hipp.467 : c. acc. et inf., τοὺς θεοὺς ἐ. φράζειν prevail on the gods to tell, Id.Ion375.
5. abs., work hard, “σοὶ παρ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἐκπονῶν ὅπως..” Id.Or.653, cf. Supp.319.
6. work out by searching, Id.Ion1355, Andr.1052 ; search out, Id.Hel.1514.
7. of food, to digest, X.Mem.1.2.4, Cyr.1.2.16 : abs., Id.Oec.11.12.
8. labour to shield off from, “τέκνων θάνατον” E.HF581.
9. work at, till, “γῆν” SIG22.9 ; “νειοὶ δ᾽ ἐκπονέοιντο ποτὶ σπόρον” Theoc.16.94, cf. Str.5.4.5 ; “αἱ [τὴν ὕιην] ἐκπονοῦσαι τέχναι” Plu.Per.12.
10. Pass., to be worn out, brought low, “ὑπό τινος” Str.5.4.11 ; “φροντίσιν ἐκπονούμενος” Plu.Oth.9 ; “τὰς ὄψεις ἐ.” Id.2.854b.
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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