ἐξελαύνω

exelauno

drive out

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 7
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Book III 1
Chapter 17 520a6–520b2

520b1
Book VI 3
Chapter 17 570a25–571b2

570b10

Chapter 18 571b3–573b16

571b19
572b12
Book IX 3
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609b15
609b17

Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

627a19
Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book III 2
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28

1116b34
1117a3
Book VII 1
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34

1154b13
Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 1155a3–1155b16

1155a26
On Length and Shortness of Life 1
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Chapter 3 465b1–32

465b19

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξελαύνω, fut. -ελῶ Hdt. 4.148, 5.63, IG 12.39.4: pf. -ελήλᾰκα:—Ep. pres. part. ἐξελάων Od. 10.83; inf. ἐξελάαν Il. 8.527, Od. 11.292, Hes. Th. 491 (v.l. -άειν): Arc. 1sg. pres. opt. ἐξελαύνοια IG 5(2).343.65 (iv B.C.):—Α. drive out, ἄντρου ἐξήλασε μῆλα Od. 9.312, cf. 227, 11.292: abs., drive afield, of a shepherd, 10.83. 2. esp. drive out, expel from a place, μήτι . . ἡμέας ἐξελάσωσιν γαίης ἡμετέρης 16.381; ἐξήλασέν με κἀπέκλῃσε δωμάτων A. Pr. 670; πάτρας, χθονός, S. OC 376, 823; γῆς ἐκ πατρῴας ἐξελήλαμαι ib.1292; ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος Hdt. 5.91; ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας Ar. Nu. 123; ἐκ τῶν πόλεων Pl. Grg. 466d; Τιτῆνας ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Hes. Th. 820; τὸ βάρβαρον ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης Pl. Mx. 241d; ἐξεληλαμένος τῆς βουλῆς Plu. Cic. 17; ἐ. τινά banish, Hdt. 1.60, Ar. Ach. 717, Pl. Ap. 30d:—Med., Th. 4.35,7.5. 3. drive out horses, etc., ἵππους ἐξέλασε Τρώων out of the ranks of the Trojans, Il. 5.324, cf. 10.499; ἁρμάτων ὄχους E. Ph. 1190:—Med., drive out oneʼs horses, ἵππους ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφʼ ἅρματι Theoc. 24.119 (but, drive off captured cattle, Plb. 4.75.7); ἐ. στρατόν, στρατιήν, lead out an army, Hdt. 1.76, 7.38; ἐ. νῆα ὅρμου A.R. 1.987; lead out a procession, ἐ. τὸν Ἴακχον Plu. Alc. 34; θρίαμβον Id. Marc. 22: hence, b. freq. with the acc. omitted, as if intr., ἐς δίφρον ὀρούσας ἐξέλασʼ ἐς πληθύν he drove out, Il. 11.360, etc.; ride out, Th. 7.27, X. Cyr. 1.3.3, etc.; ἐ. ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἱππέων Lys. 20.28; march out, Hdt. 4.80, 8.113, etc.; go out, X. Cyr. 8.3.1. 4. expel, banish, get rid of a thing, τῶν ὀμμάτων τὸ αἰδούμενον Plu. 2.654d; by washing, κόνιν λαγόνων Call. Lav.Pall. 6. 5. metaph., reject, Jul. Caes. 306c. II. knock out, χαμαὶ δέ κε πάντας ὀδόντας γναθμῶν ἐξελάσαιμι Od. 18.29. III. beat out metals, ἐ. ἡμιπλίνθια ἐκ χρυσοῦ Hdt. 1.50; ἐθηεῖτο σίδηρον ἐξελαυνόμενον ib.68, cf. 7.84; κέντρον ἐπὶ λεπτὸν ἐξεληλασμένον Plb. 6.22.4.

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