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ἐκβαίνω 1 2

I.to step out of or off from a place, c. gen., Il., etc.; ἐκβ. ἐκ . . , Thuc.:—absol. to disembark, dismount, Il., etc.
2.to go out of a place, c. gen. or ἐκβ. ἐκ . . , Eur., etc.
3.c. acc. to outstep, overstep, id=Eur., Plat.
4.in Poets, the instrument of motion is added in acc., ἐκβὰς πόδα Eur.; cf. βαίνω A. II. 3.
II.metaph.,
1.to come out so and so, come to pass, turn out, Hdt., Thuc.:— to be fulfilled, of prophecies, Dem.; κάκιστος ἐκβ. to prove a villain, Eur.:— τὰ ἐκβησόμενα things likely to happen, Hdt., etc.
2.to go out of due bounds, to go far, ἐς τοῦτ᾽ ἐκβέβηκ᾽ Eur.
B.Causal, in aor1 -έβησα, to make to go out, to put out of a ship, Hom., Eur.

1 fut. -βήσομαι

2 aor2 ἐξέβην

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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