ἐκδίδωμι
ekdidomi
give up
Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐκδίδωμι, 3sg. ἐκδιδοῖ 1.80,al.:—Α. give up, esp.something seized and detained unlawfully, Ἑλένην καὶ κτήμαθʼ ἅμʼ αὐτῇ Il. 3.459, cf. 1.3: generally, surrender, esp. of giving up refugees, ib.74,158 sq.; τινὰ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς Ph. 1386, cf. OT 1040, etc.; ἐ. τινὰ τοῖς κατηγόροις 21.30, cf. 29.38; ἐ. δοῦλον give up a slave to be examined by torture, 6.27, 29.14; αὐτὸν ἐξέδωκεν μαστιγῶσαι Εὐριπίδῃ Pol. 1311b32; αὑτὸν ἐς τιμωρίαν τοῖς δικασταῖς 6.7.1; surrender a city, Ἀμφίπολιν 19.253, cf. 257:—Med., θυμὸν ἐκδόσθαι πρὸς ἥβαν give up oneʼs heart to jollity, P. 4.295. 2. give out of oneʼs house, a. ἐ. θυγατέρα give oneʼs daughter in marriage, τινί 1.196, IA 132 (anap.), cf. Char. 22.4; θυγατέρας παρὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν ἐκδόντες having provided for their marriage at their own expense, 27.69; Ἄλκηστιν ἐ. πρὸς γάμον 4.53; freq. also without any acc., give in marriage, ἐ. εἰς οὒς ἂν ἐθέλωσι R. 613d, cf. 362b, 8.21, etc.: metaph., of the elements, συνοικίζειν καὶ ἐ. Sph. 242d:—less freq. in Med., ἐκδίδοσθαι θυγατέρα 2.47, Char. 30.19; ἐξέδου κόρην ὅτῳ σε θυμὸς ἦγεν Med. 309:—Pass., Arc. ἐσδοθένσᾳ ( = ἐκδοθείσῃ) given in marriage, SIG 306.7 (Tegea, iv B.C.). b. give oneʼs son for adoption, τοὺς μὲν (sc. υἱοὺς) εἰς ἑτέρας οἰκίας 31.28.2, cf. POxy. 1206.6 (iv A. D.); also ἐ. τὸν παῖδα ἐπὶ τέχνην put him out as an apprentice, Eq. 2.2, cf. BGU 1021.6, etc. 3. farm out, let for hire, τὴν αὐλήν 1.68, cf. SIG 1044.29 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.), etc.; ἐ. ἀνδράποδα to let out slaves for work, Vect. 4.15; πῶλον Eq. 2.2 (also in Med., ἐξέδοτο [ἀμπελῶνα] γεωργοῖς Ev.Marc. 12.1): c. inf., χαλινὸν χαλκεῖ ἐ. σκευάσαι Prm. 127a; ἐ. [θύλακον] τῷ σκυτοδέψῃ ἐπιρράψαι Char. 16.6; ὅταν ἐκδῷ θοἰμάτιον ἐκπλῦναι ib.22.8 ; ἐκδόντος μοι Δημοσθένους..στέφανον χρυσοῦν ὥστε κατασκευάσαι Test. ap. 21.22; ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντʼ ἐκδεδωκὼς κατὰ συγγραφήν like one who has contracted for the execution of a statue, 18.122. 4. give in charge to another, πολλοὺς ἐξέδωκα Προδίκῳ (with play on signf. 2) Tht. 151b; ἐκδιδοὺς νεικέων so as to be out of the way of quarrels, Ba. 293 (s.v.l.): c. inf., Δὶ τοῦτʼ..ἐκδώσομεν πράσσειν O. 13.106. 5. bring out, ἀλλʼ ἐκδότω τις..δᾷδας Pl. 1194; ἐκδότω δέ τις..δίφρω δύο Fr. 348. 6. lend out money on security, etc., Lex ap. 35.51; ναυτικὰ ἐκδεδομένα 32.6. b. simply, pay out, Oec. 1349b31, PSI 3.204(ii A. D.). 7. put out, publish, of books, etc., chiefly in Pass., λόγος ὁ πρότερον ἐκδοθείς 5.11, cf. 2.37.6, 1.2.2; τοῖς ἐκδεδομένοις λόγοις Po. 1454b18:—in Act., Rom. 8. 8. of a woman, bring to the birth, BC 1.83. 9. of land, etc., return, yield, produce, μέταλλα.. μονολίθους ἐκδιδόντα πλάκας 5.2.5. 10. hand over, deliver a document, ἀποχήν BGU 260.6 (i A. D.), etc.:—Med., PFlor. 384.113 (V A.D.). 11. betray, II. intr., of rivers, empty themselves, disembogue, ἐς θάλασσαν, ἐς τὴν Σύρτιν, ἐς τὸν Μαίανδρον, etc., 1.80, 2.150, 7.26, etc. 2. τῶν ἄλλων [ζῴων] τὰ μὲν εἰς ὀδόντας ἐκδίδωσι..τὰ δὲ εἰς κέρατα.. run to teeth, etc., Pr. 898a22; find an outlet, εἰς κεφαλήν ib.29. 3. emerge, τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἐκδοῦναι τῆς θαλάσσης Im. 2.1 (leg. -δῦναι).
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