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ἐκβολή 1 ἐκβάλλω

I.a throwing out, ψήφων ἐκβ. turning the votes out of the urn, Aesch.
2.a throwing the cargo overboard, id=Aesch.
II.ejectment, banishment, id=Aesch., Plat.
III.a letting fall, δακρύων Eur.
IV.a bringing forth:— ἐκβ. σίτου the time when the corn comes into ear, Thuc.
V.(from intr. signf. of ἐκβάλλω) a going out, outlet, Lat. exitus, ἐκβ. ποταμοῦ the discharge of a river from between mountains, Hdt.: a mountain-pass, id=Hdt.: the mouth of a river, Thuc.
2.ἐκβ. λόγου a digression, id=Thuc.
VI.(from Pass.), that which is cast out, ἐκβ. δικέλλης earth cast or scraped up by a hoe or mattock, Soph.; οὐρεία ἐκβολή children exposed on the mountains, Eur.
2.a cargo cast overboard, ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, id=Eur.

1 ἐκβολή, ἡ,

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

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