ἐκβολή

ἐκβολή, ἡ, (ἐκβάλλω) A. throwing out, ψήφων ἐ. casting the votes out of the urn, A. Eu. 748. 2. jettisoning of cargo, Id. Th. 769 (lyr.), Arist. EN 1110a9, Act.Ap. 27.18 (but simply, unloading, Sammelb. 1207): metaph., ἐ. τῆς δόξης casting out of it, getting rid of it, Pl. Sph. 230b, R. 412e; ἐ. ἐλέου Aphth. Prog. 7, cf. Diog.Oen. 4. II. expulsion, banishment, A. Supp. 421 (lyr., pl.); μετὰ τὴν τῶν τυράννων ἐ. Arist. Pol. 1275b36; ἐκβολαὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Pl. Lg. 847b ; dislodgement, ejection, Plb. 4.8.4. 2. divorce, repudiation, γυναικός Lib. Decl. 26.45. III. letting fall or drop, δακρύων ἐκβολαί E. HF 742 (lyr.); ἐ. [ὀδόντων] casting or shedding of teeth, Arist. GA 789a15. IV. expulsion of a foetus, Hp. Mul. 1.78. 2. ἐ. σίτου the time when the corn comes into ear, Th. 4.1. 3. shoot, καυλοῦ Dsc. 3.114. V. putting out of a joint, dislocation, ἐκβολαὶ τῶν ἄρθρων Plu. 2.164f. VI. putting forth, exposing, μαστῶν Plb. 2.56.7. VII. debouchure, outlet, ἐ. Πηνειοῦ Hdt. 7.128 ; mouth of a river, in pl., Th. 2.102 ; in sg., Id. 7.35, Pl. Phd. 113a : pass leading out of a chain of mountains, αἱ ἐκβολαὶ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος Hdt. 9.38. 2. by-way, ἐ. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς εὐθείας Paus. 3.10.7 : metaph., ἐ. λόγου digression, Th. 1.97, Philostr. Her. 19.14 (pl.), etc. 3. close of a verse, Eust. 900.24. 4. projection, στόματος a snout, Philostr.Jun. Im. 12. VIII. (from Pass.), that which is cast out, δικέλλης ἐ. earth thrown up by a mattock, upcast, S. Ant. 250 ; οὐρεία ἐ. children cast or exposed on the mountains, E. Hec. 1079 (anap.). 2. cargo thrown overboard, jetsam, πλὴν ἐκβολῆς, ἣν ἂν..ἐκβάλωνται Syngr. ap. D. 35.11; so ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, E. IT 1424. IX. in Music, interval of five διέσεις, Plu. 2.1141b, Bacch. Harm. 42, Aristid.Quint. 1.10. X. = ἐκβολάς I, Str. 14.5.28.