ἐκπεράω

ekperao

go out over, pass beyond

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

735
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8561
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9323
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10162
Iliad 2
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13652
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16346

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκπεράω (Arc. ἐσ-, v. infr. I.4), Ep. impf. ἐκπεράασκε AP 9.381:— Α. go out over, pass beyond, λαῖτμα μέγʼ ἐκπερόωσιν Od. 7.35 ; ἥ τʼ ἐκπεράᾳ μέγα λαῖτμα 9.323 ; χθόνα A. Pr. 713 ; αὐλῶνα ib.731 ; χέρσον καὶ θάλασσαν Id. Eu. 240; ἐ. βίον go through life, E. IA 18 (anap.) ; ὀγδώκοντʼ ἔτεα AP 6.226 (Leon.); κῦμα συμφορᾶς E. Hipp. 824. 2. abs., of an arrow, pass through, pierce, ὀϊστὸς ἀντικρὺ..ὑπʼ ὀστέον ἐξεπέρησεν Il. 13.652, cf. 16.346, etc.; of persons, go forth, X. Cyn. 6.18 ; Ἀθήνας to Athens, Eub. 10.5. 3. c. gen., go or come out of, μελάθρων E. Cyc. 512(lyr.). 4. transgress, ἐσπερᾶσαι πὰρ ἃν λέγῃ ἱεροθύτας IG 5(2).6 (Tegea, iv B.C.). II. carry out or away, LXX Nu. 11.31.

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