ἐκπέμπω

ekpempo

send out or forth from

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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ἐκπέμπω:
I. of persons, send out or forth from, c. gen. loci, ὅπως Πρίαμον..νηῶν ἐκπέμψειε Il. 24.681 ; ὅς τίς σε..δώματος ἐκπέμψῃσι Od. 18.336, cf. S. El. 1128 ; ἐ. ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Isoc. 6.78 :—Med., δόμου ἐκπέμψασθε θύραζε Od. 20.361, cf. S. Aj. 612 (lyr.), etc.
2. bring out by calling, call or fetch out, τινὰ ἐκτὸς πυλῶν Id. Ant. 19:—so in Med., Id. OT 951:—Pass., go forth, depart, Id. OC 1664.
3. send forth, dispatch, πρέσβεις, στρατιάς, οἰκήτορας, Th. 1.90, 141, 4.49 ; ἐ. συμπρεσβευτὰς τοὺς ἐχθρούς Arist. Pol. 1271a24 ; ἐ. ἀποικίας οἷον σμήνη μελιττῶν Pl. Plt. 293d, cf. Arist. Pol. 1273b19 :—Pass., τῶν -ομένων καὶ εἰσαγομένων ἐπιστολῶν Aen.Tact. 10.6.
4. send away, τινὰ ἐς.. Hdt. 1.160 ; ἐ. τινὰ ἄτιμον S. OT 789 ; καθάρμαθʼ ὥς τις ἐκπέμψας A. Ch. 98: in Prose, divorce a wife, ἐ. γυναῖκα Hdt. 1.59, Lys. 14.28, cf. D. 59.55 :—also in Med., γῆς φυγάδας ἐκπέμψασθαι S. OT 309.
5. c. dupl. acc., conduct across, τινὰ τὸν Ἰορδάνην LXX 2 Ki. 19.31.
II. of things, send out, send abroad, κειμήλια πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά..ἵνα περ τάδε τοι σόα μίμνῃ Il. 24.381; δῶρά τινι Hdt. 1.136 ; σῖτόν τινι Th. 4.16 (nisi leg. ἐσ-).
2. export, ἐ. ὧν ἐπλεόναζον Arist. Pol. 1257a32 :—Med., τὰ πλεονάζοντα τῶν γιγνομένων ἐκπέμψασθαι export their surplus products, ib. 1327a27.
3. send forth, give out, σέλας A. Ag. 281; πνεῦμα, [ὑγρόν], Arist. PA 664a18, HA 589b18; δυσοσμίαν Alciphr. 3.28.
4. utter, pronounce, A.D. Pron. 35.1 (Pass.).
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