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ἐξαρτάω

exartao

hang upon

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐξαρτάω, A. hang upon, τι ἔκ τινος Plb. 18.18.4; ἀπό τινος Arr. An. 2.19.2; τί τινος Longus 1.32: metaph., make dependent upon, ἐπαίνων ἐ. τὴν δόξαν Plu. Arat. 1; πρᾶξιν τῆς προδοσίας Id. Fab. 22; τὴν ποίησιν μέθης Ath. 10.429b, cf. Plot. 6.7.42:—Med., E. Tr. 129, cf. Gal. Anim.Pass. 1.9 (prob. l.). 2. stretch out, Ael. NA 4.21. II. Pass., mostly in pf. ἐξηρτῆσθαι: fut. Med. in pass. sense, ἐξαρτήσομαι X. Cyr. 5.4.20:—to be hung upon, hang upon, χειρός E. Hipp. 325; περὶ σὸν γένειον Id. IA 1226: abs., Ar. Pax 470; to be attached to . ., ἔκ τινος Arist. HA 495b33; ἐ. τινί ib.496a26. 2. depend upon, be attached to, σοῦ γὰρ ἐξηρτήμεθα E. Supp. 735, etc.; τῆς ἰσχύος X. Cyr. 5.4.20; ἑνός Plu. Galb. 8; ἔκ τινος Pl. Ion 536a, Lg. 732e, etc.; τῶν ἐλπίδων Isoc. 8.7. 3. of countries, be adjacent to, πεδία τῶν λόφων ἐ. Plu. Ant. 46. 4. abs., to be elevated, ἐξήρτηται τὸ χωρίον Th. 6.96; ἐξήρτηται ἡ χώρα πρὸς Νότον (Casaub. ἐξῆρται) Str. 7.1.3. 5. hang upon oneself, πήραν ἐξαρτήσασθαι Luc. Fug. 15 (s.v.l.): esp. in pf. part. Pass., c. acc. rei, having a thing hung on one, ἐπιστολὰς . . ἐξηρτημένος ἐκ τῶν δακτύλων Aeschin. 3.164; παιδίον ἐξηρτημένη τοῦ τραχήλου Plu. Brut. 31: hence, equipped or furnished with, πώγωνας ἐξηρτημέναι Ar. Ec. 494; τοιοῦτον ἐξηρτῆσθαι στρατόπεδον D. 9.49.
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