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ἐκτός (ἐχθός , IG9(1).333 (Locr., v B.C.), Michel 995 C35 (Delph.), etc.), Adv., (ἐκ)
A.without, outside, opp. ἐντός:
1. as Prep. with gen., which may either precede or follow, “ἐ. κλισίης” Il.14.13; τείχεος ἐ. 21.608; out of, far from, καπνοῦ καὶ κύματος ἐ. Od.12.219; esp. in prov. phrases (v. “ἔξω” 1 fin.), “ἐ. κλαυμάτων ἔχειν πόδα” S.Ph. 1260; ἐ. ἔχειν πόδα (sc. τῶν καλῶν) Pi.P.4.289; ἐ. τῶν ἐλαῶν beyond the olives, i. e. out of the course. Ar.Ra.995 (lyr.); Geom., beyond, “τοῦ Α σημείου” Apollon.Perg.Con.1.8, al.; also ἐ. ἀτασθαλίης outside of, free from . ., Thgn.754, cf. 744; “ἐ. αἰτίης” Hdt.4.133, A.Pr.332, etc.; “ἐ. πημάτων” S.Ph.504; “ἄτας” Id.Ant.614 (lyr.); “τῶν κακῶν” Id.Fr.724, cf. Pl.Grg.523b; ἐ. στρατειῶν exempt from . ., Id.R.498c; ἐ. ἑωυτῆς beside herself, out of her wits, Hp.Epid.7.90, cf. S.Aj.640 (lyr.); ἐ. ἐλπίδος beyond hope, Id.Ant.330; ἡ ἐ. καὶ παρ᾽ ἐλπίδας χαρά, i.e. ἡ ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδων καὶ παρ᾽ ἐλπίδας, ib.392; δοκημάτων ἐ. E.HF771 (lyr.).
2. of Time, beyond, “πέντε ἡμερέων” Hdt.3.80.
3. except, IGl.c., etc.; “ἐ. ὀλίγων” X.HG1.2.3; besides, apart from, Pl.Grg. 474d, PTeb.19.7 (ii B.C.), etc.: abs., besides, as well, GDI1742.12; also ἐ. εἰ μή unless, 1 Ep.Cor.15.2, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.7.8.1, Vett. Val.37.20, al., Luc.Pisc.6; “ἐ. ἐὰν μή” Cat.Cod.Astr.7.216; “ἐ. ὅτι . . ” Hld.10.5.
4. without the consent of, “τινός” PMag.Par.1.356.
II. abs., ἃ δ᾽ ἐ. external things, E.Ion231 (lyr.), cf. Plb.2.4.8, etc.; οἱ ἐ. strangers, foreigners, Pl.Lg.629d, Plb.2.47.10, etc.; also, the vulgar, the common herd: the Gentiles, LXXSi.prol.4.
III. with Verbs of motion, ῥίπτειν ἐ. to throw out, S.Tr.269; “ᾖξας” Id.El.1402 (lyr.); “ἐκπέμπειν” Id.Ant.18; “ἕλκειν” Pl.R.616a; οὐκ ἐ. εἶ; = ἔξιθι, S.OT676; χώρει ἐ. E.IA1117; εἰ δ᾽ ἐ. ἔλθοις if thou transgressest, S.Tr.1189.
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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