ἔκκειμαι

ekkeimai

to be cast out

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

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Topics 6
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Book I 6
Chapter 9 103b20–104a2

103b29
103b30
103b31
103b32
103b33
103b34
Prior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 34 47b40–48a28

48a8
Meteorology 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 375b16–377a28

376a10
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11

1331b31
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Book III 1
Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8

1419b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔκκειμαι, serving as Pass. of ἐκτίθημι, A. to be cast out or exposed, ἐπορᾶν ἐκκείμενον (sc. τὸν παῖδα) Hdt. 1.110, cf. 122, Longus 1.3; ἁπλοῦν τὸ ἦθος καὶ παντὶ ἰδεῖν ἐκκείμενον D.H. Rh. 10.1. 2. of public notices, decrees, etc., to be set up in public, posted up, ἵνʼ ἐκκέοιτο πρὸ τῶν ἐπωνύμων D. 21.103, cf. 58.9; to be set forth, ἡ ἐμὴ προθυμία ἐκκείσθω POxy. 220 vi5; ἐκκειμένων οὖν τῶν βίων Plu. Comp.Ages.Pomp. 1. 3. to be proposed, ὁ σκοπὸς ἐ. καλῶς Arist. Pol. 1331b31; μισθοὶ παρὰ βασιλέως ἔκκεινται Str. 15.1.46; ἔλασσον τοῦ ἐκκειμένου SIG 577.66 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.). 4. c. dat., to be exposed to, be at the mercy of, Str. 5.2.6, Alciphr. 3.29; τύχαις Plot. 6.8.15; τῷ μέλλοντι Id. 3.6.18 ; also πρὸς τὸ πάσχειν Procl. Inst. 80. 5. to be set forth, expounded, Arist. Rh. 1419b23; in logical sense, Id. Top. 103b29, cf. APr. 48a8, Epicur. Nat. 28.1, Phld. Sign. 19, etc. 6. Geom., to be set out, ‘taken’, ἐκκείσθω κύκλος, ὁ ἐκκείμενος κῶνος, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.5,28. II. c. gen., fall from out, be left bare of, μηροὶ..ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς S. Ant. 1011. 2. project, ἐκκειμένη εἰς θάλατταν ἄκρα Str. 5.4.8 ; πύργοι ἔξω ἐκκείμενοι D.C. 74.10; στέρνα προέχοντα καὶ ἐκκείμενα Philostr. Gym. 35 ; φλέβες ἐκκ. Gal. 17(2).97 ; in painting, stand out, Philostr. Im. 2.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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