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ἐξανίστημι

I.Causal in pres., imperf., fut. and aor 1,
1.to raise up: to make one rise from his seat, bid one rise from suppliant posture, Eur.; ἐξ. τὴν ἐνέδραν to order the men in ambush to rise, Xen.
2.to make a tribe emigrate, to remove or expel, Hdt., Soph.
3.to depopulate, destroy, πόλιν Hdt., Eur., etc.
4.ἐξ. θηρία to rouse them from their lair, Xen.
II.intr. in Pass., with aor2, perf. and plup. act.:
1.to stand up from one's seat, Hdt., etc.; to rise to speak, Soph.; from ambush, Eur., Thuc.; from bed, Eur.
2.c. gen. to arise and depart from, emigrate from, Hdt.:—absol. to break up, depart, Thuc., etc.
3.to be driven out from one's home, to be forced to emigrate, Hdt., Aesch.
4.of places, to be depopulated, Hdt., Eur.

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