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ἐκ-πράσσω , Att. ἔκ-ττω ,
A.bring about, achieve, τι A.Ag. 582, etc. ; “τόδ᾽ ἐξέπραξεν ὥστε..” Id.Pers.723 ; χρέος perform a service, Id.Supp.472 ; “ὡς..” S.Ant.303 ; “δόλιον εὐνὴν ἐξέπραξ᾽” E.Hel.20 ; τὸν καλλίνικον..ἐξεπράξατε ἐς γόον ye have made the hymn of triumph end in wailing, Id.Ba.1161 ; in later Prose, “τὸ δέον” Paul.Aeg.6.118.
II. make an end of, kill, destroy, A.Ag.1275, S.OC1659, E. Hec.515.
III. exact, levy, “αἵματος δίκην” Id.HF43 ; “καταδίκας” SIG 554.19 (Thermon) ; τόκους ib.672.39 (Delph., ii B. C.) : c. dupl. acc., “χρήματα ἐ. τινά” Th.8.108 : abs., “τοὺς ταμίας ἐ.” Pl.Lg.774e, cf. IG12.79 :—Pass., to be made to pay, “χρήματα ὑπό τινος” Paus.7.12.1.
2. exact punishment for a thing, avenge, S.OT377 ; “μητρῷον φόνον” E. Med.1305 :—Med., “τὸν Δωριέος πρὸς Ἐγεσταίων φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι” Hdt.7.158.
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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