I.to take out of a thing, τί τινος Hom., etc.; ἔκ τινος Hdt., etc.:—simply to take out, νηδύν id=Hdt.:—Mid. to take out for oneself, Il.; ἐξ. τὰ φορτία to discharge their cargoes, Hdt.
II.to take from among others, to pick out, choose, Hom., etc.:—Mid. to choose for oneself, carry off as booty, id=Hom.:—Pass. to be given as a special honour, τινι to one, Thuc.; ἐξαραιρημένος Ποσειδέωνι dedicated to him, Hdt.
2.to take out of a number, to except, id=Hdt., attic
III.to expel people from their seats, Hdt., Thuc.
2.to take out, remove, Hdt., attic
3.in Mid. to bereave a person of life, c. dupl. acc., μιν ἐξείλετο θυμόν Il., attic; or c. gen. pers., μευ φρένας ἐξέλετο Il.; rarely c. dat. pers., id=Il.:—Mid. to take away from one, Soph.:—Pass., ἐξαιρεθέντες τὸν Δημοκήδεα having had him taken out of their hands, Hdt.
IV.in Mid. to set free, deliver, Aesch., Dem.
V.to make away with, annul, Soph.: to demolish a city, Hdt., etc.
2.to bring to an end, accomplish, Eur.