Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἐκτοπίζω

ἐκτοπίζω

ektopizo

remove from

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκτοπίζω, A. remove from a place, PTeb. 38.18 (ii B.C., Pass.), etc.; . ἑαυτούς take themselves off, Arist. Mir. 842b12, Plb. 1.74.7, LXX 2 Ma. 8.13; ἐκτετοπισμένα remote regions, Str. 3.4.19; Ὅμηρος ἐκτοπίζει τὸν Ἰάσονος πλοῦν Sch.Pi. P. 4.370, cf. Max.Tyr. 14.2; ἄνθρωποι -τετοπισμένοι τῆς καθʼ ἡμᾶς οἰκουμένης outside the bounds of our world, Procl. in Cra.p.74P. 2. metaph., ἐ. εἰς μῦθον pervert into a fable, Str. 4.1.7. II. intr., take oneself from a place, go abroad, like ἀποδημέω, οἱ ἐκτοπίζοντες τύραννοι ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκείας Arist. Pol. 1314b9, etc.; of birds of passage and fish, to migrate, Id. HA 600a14. 2. metaph., of a speaker, travel far, Id. Rh. 1414b28. III. avoid, shun, τὸν πολιτισμόν D.L. 4.39.

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