ἐξεμέω

exemeo

vomit forth, disgorge

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 14 831b10–13

831b12
Chapter 77 835b30–32

835b31
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 10 614b18–30

614b29

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξεμέω, pf. ἐξεμήμεκα Aristid. Or. 50(26).5 (v.l. ἐξημεκώς), Hsch.:— Α. vomit forth, disgorge, of Charybdis, ὅτʼ ἐξεμέσειε . . Od. 12.237; ὄφρʼ ἐξεμέσειεν ὀπίσσω . . ib.437: aor. 1 ἐξήμησε Hes. Th. 497 codd.; ἐ. τὸ νόσημα Pl. R. 406d; πάντα ἐ. ἀκριβῶς Diocl.Fr. 139; λώπιον μεστὸν ὧν ἐξήμεσε κακῶν IG 4.952.128 (Epid.): metaph., disgorge ill-gotten gains, τὰ τάλαντα Ar. Ach. 6; ἅττʼ ἂν κεκλόφωσί μου Id. Eq. 1148: abs., Lib. Or. 63.22; also νειόθεν ἐξεμέσαι Cerc. 4.55; also of rejecting an opinion, Gal. 5.325. 2. abs., vomit, be sick, Ar. Ra. 11.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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