Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἐκκρίνω

ἐκκρίνω

ekkrino

single out

Appears 51 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκκρίνω [ῑ], A. single out, Th. 6.96 :—Pass., ἀρετῆ πρῶτος ἐκκριθείς S. Ph. 1425, cf. Th. 6.31. 2. separate, Arist. HA 578a11, 572b22 (Pass.) ; ἐκ τοῦ μείγματος ἐκκρίνουσι τἆλλα hold that the rest are separated out from.., Id. Ph. 187a23. 3. exclude, expel, X. Cyr. 1.2.14 (Act. and Pass.), Luc. Salt. 3 (Pass.) ; reject, condemn, Gal. 18(2).693. 4. secrete, of the animal functions, Arist. GA 765b10, al. ; τραῦμα ἐ. ἰχῶρας Zen. 6.46 :—freq. in Pass., Arist. GA 738a1, al. ; ἐκ πυρὸς -κρινόμενον καπνόν given off by.., Phld. Sign. 36 : metaph., ὅταν..καθαρὸς ὁ νοῦς ἐκκριθῇ X. Cyr. 8.7.20. 5. Pass., also ofexcretions, Hp. Aph. 4.47,76, etc. 6. of drugs, remove, λίθους Dsc. 2.127.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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