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ἔξοδος

exodos

going out

Appears 52 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔξοδος (A), ἡ, A. going out, opp. εἴσοδος, S. Aj. 798, 806, etc.; ἐκ τῆς χώρης Hdt. 1.94; ἔστι . . λήθη μνήμης ἔ. Pl. Phlb. 33e; λήθη ἐπιστήμης ἔ. Id. Smp. 208a; ἔ. τοῦ βίον PLond. 1.77.57 (vi A. D.). 2. marching out, military expedition, Hdt. 9.19; κοιναὶ ἔ. ib.26; ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι Th. 3.5, etc., cf. Ar. Nu. 579; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι, of Leonidas, Hdt. 7.223; ἔ. ἐξελθεῖν X. HG 1.2.17; ἐξόδους ἕρπειν κενάς S. Aj. 287; τὴν ἐπʼ Ὠρεὸν ἔ. D. 18.79; ἔ. πεζαί ib.100 (s. v.l.). 3. procession, Hdt. 3.14; esp. of women of rank with their suite, ἔ. γυναικεῖαι Pl. Lg. 784d, cf. Thphr. Char. 22.10; ἐξόδους λαμπρὰς ἐξιοῦσαν D. 48.55, cf. Lex Solonis ap.Plu. Sol. 21. 4. divorce, BGU 1105.24 (i B.C.). II. way out, outlet, διὰ τῶν στεγέων Hdt. 2.148 (pl.), cf. Th. 1.106, 2.4(sg.); πυλῶν ἐπʼ ἐξόδοις A. Th. 33, cf. 58, 285; πρὸς θυρῶνος ἐξόδοις S. El. 328; εἴσοδοι καὶ ἔ. entrances and exits, POxy. 241.20 (i A. D.); of a river, ἔ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt. 7.130; ἡ Ἀρκαδία οὐκ ἔχει ἐξόδους τοῖς ὕδασιν εἰς θάλατταν Arist. Pr. 947a19. b. esp. of the Jewish Exodus, LXXEx. tit., etc. 2. way out of a difficulty, Pl. R. 453e. 3. of orifices in the body, ἡ ἔ. τοῦ περιττώματος, of the vent or anus, Arist. PA 675b9; τῆς τροφῆς Id. HA 507a32, cf. 532b6; so of other orifices in the body, ib.511a27, etc. 4. delivery, ἡ τοῦ ἐμβρύου ἔ. Id. GA 777a27, cf. 752b12; πρὸς ἔξοδον ἔχειν Lyd. Ost. 44. 5. emission of semen, Arist. HA 586a15, al.; κοιλίης ἔξοδοι discharges from the bowel, Aret. SD 2.3. III. end, close, ἐπʼ ἐξόδῳ εἶναι (of a truce) Th. 5.14; ἐπʼ ἐ. τῆς ἀρχῆς X. HG 5.4.4; ἐπʼ ἐ. (-ου vulg.) τοῦ ζῆν J. AJ 4.8.2; ἔ. τοῦ βίου PLond. 1.77.57: abs., departure, death, Ev.Luc. 9.31, 2 Ep.Pet. 1.15, Arr. Epict. 4.4.38. 2. end, issue of an argument, Pl. Prt. 361a. b. decision of a court, BGU 168.15 (ii A. D.). 3. end of a tragedy, i.e. all that follows the last choral ode, Arist. Po. 1452b21; ἔξοδον αὐλεῖν play the chorus off the stage (their exit being led by an αὐλητής), Ar. V. 582, cf.Sch. IV. outgoing, payment of money, IG 14.422 (Tauromenium), 5(1).1390.50 (Andania, i B. C.), Plb. 6.13.2; opp. εἴσοδος, Test.Epict. 6.34: pl., D.H. 10.30. V. street, LXX 2 Ki. 22.43.

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