ἐκτίλλω

ektillo

pluck out

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 6
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Book III 3
Chapter 11 517b21–518b34

518b12
518b14

Chapter 12 518b35–519a29

519a27
Book VI 1
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3

560b23
Book VIII 1
Chapter 21 603a30–604a3

603b22
Book IX 1
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17

612a27
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 11 831a27–31

831a30

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκτίλλω, fut. ἐκτῐλῶ Hsch. s.v. ἐκποκιῶ: aor. inf. ἐκτῖλαι· ἐκτινάξαι, Id.:—Pass., fut. ἐκτῐλήσομαι LXXSi. 40.16: aor. 2 ἐξετίλην [ῐ] Dsc. Eup. 1.52, Thd. Da. 7.4:—Α. pluck out, τρίχας Arist. HA 603b22; πτερόν ib.519a27 (Pass.); of a person, κόμην ἐκτετιλμένος Anacr. 21.11. II. pluck, strip bare, τὴν τράμιν Hippon. 84; τὴν ῥοδωνιάν D. 53.16. 2. strip the leaves off, ὀρίγανον, κρόμμυον, Arist. Mir. 831a30, Pr. 924a32. -τιλτέον, one must pluck out, τὰς τρίχας Aët. 9.8.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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