ἐκσεύομαι

ekseuomai

rush out

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκσεύομαι, Pass., pf. ἐξέσσῠμαι: plpf. ἐξέσσῠτο with sense of impf. (Od. 9.373), but usu. aor. (v. infr.) : aor. I ἐξεσύθην [ῠ]:—A. rush out or burst forth from, πυλέων ἐξέσσυτο Il. 7.1 ; φάρυγος δʼ ἐξέσσυτο οἶνος Od. 9.373 ; βλεφάρων ἐξέσσυτο νήδυμος ὕπνος sleep fled away from his eyelids, 12.366 : abs., rush out, ἐκ δʼ ἔσσυτο ιαός Il. 8.58 ; νομόνδʼ ἐξέσσυτο..μῆλα Od. 9.438 ; αἰχμὴ δʼ ἐξεσύθη the point burst out, Il. 5.293 (v.l.) ; ἐξέσσυται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἀνθρώπου Democr. 32.
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