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ἐκ ἐξ before a vowel, ἐγ before β γ δ λ μ

prep. governing GEN. only, Lat. e, exRadical sense, from out of, opp. to εἰς:
Perseus.out of, from. c. gen.
I.OF PLACE:
1.of Motion, out of, forth from, Hom., etc.: ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον I loved her from my heart, with all my heart, Il.
2.to denote change from one place or condition to another, κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ one evil from (or after) another, id=Il.; λόγον ἐκ λόγου λέγειν Dem.
3.to express distinction from a number, ἐκ πόλεων πίσυρες four out of many, Il.
4.of Position, like ἔξω, outside of, beyond, ἐκ βελέων out of shot, id=Il.; ἐκ καπνοῦ out of the smoke, Od.
5.with Verbs of Rest, ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο washed his body with water from the river, id=Od.:—with Verbs signifying to hang or fasten, ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα he hung his lyre from (i. e. on) the peg, id=Od.; ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἐπέλκουσα leading it [by a rein] upon her arm, Hdt.:—also, sitting or standing, στᾶσ᾽ ἐξ Οὐλύμποιο from Olympus where she stood, Il.; καθῆσθαι ἐκ πάγων to sit on the heights and look from them, Soph.
II.OF TIME, ἐξ οὗ or ἐξ οὗτε [χρόνου], Lat. ex quo, since, Hom., attic; ἐκ τοῦ or ἐκ τοῖο from that time, Il.; ἐκ πολλοῦ (sc. χρόνου) for a long time, Thuc.
2.of particular points of time, ἐκ νέου or ἐκ παιδός from boyhood; ἐξ ἀρχῆς, etc.; so, ἐκ θυσίας γενέσθαι to have just finished sacrifice, Hdt.; ἐκ τοῦ ἀρίστου after breakfast, Xen.
3.when we say in or by, ἐκ νυκτῶν Od.; ἐκ νυκτός Xen., etc.
III.OF ORIGIN,
1.of the Material, out of or of which things are made, ποιεῖσθαι ἐκ ξύλων τὰ πλοῖα Hdt.
3.of the Author or Occasion of a thing, ὄναρ ἐκ Διός ἐστιν Il.; θάνατος ἐκ μνηστήρων death by the hand of the suitors, Od.; τὰ ἐξ Ἑλλήνων τείχεα walls built by them, Hdt.
4.with the agent after Pass. Verbs, where ὑπό is more common, ἐφίληθεν ἐκ Διός they were beloved of (i. e. by) Zeus, Il.
5.of the Cause, Instrument or Means by which a thing is done, ἐκ πατέρων φιλότητος in consequence of our father's friendship, Od.; so, ἐκ τίνος; ἐκ τοῦ; wherefore? Eur.; ποιεῖτε ὑμῖν φίλους ἐκ τοῦ Μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας make yourselves friends of (i. e. by means of), NTest.
6.from, i. e. according to, ἐκ τῶν λογίων according to the oracles, Hdt.; ἐκ νόμων Aesch.
7.periphr. for an adv., (as in Lat. ex consulto, ex composito), ἐκ βίας by force, = βιαίως, Soph.; ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ φανερῶς, Thuc., etc.
8.with numerals, ἐκ τρίτου in the third place, Eur.

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