ἐξελαύνω

exelauno

drive out

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Apology 3
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30d2
37d5
37d8
Gorgias 3
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460d4
466d2
470b3
Republic 2
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Book VIII 2
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569a7
569b2
Menexenus 1
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241d6
Meno 1
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92b3
Timaeus 1
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79b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξελαύνω, fut. -ελῶ Hdt. 4.148, 5.63, IG 12.39.4: pf. -ελήλᾰκα:—Ep. pres. part. ἐξελάων Od. 10.83; inf. ἐξελάαν Il. 8.527, Od. 11.292, Hes. Th. 491 (v.l. -άειν): Arc. 1sg. pres. opt. ἐξελαύνοια IG 5(2).343.65 (iv B.C.):—Α. drive out, ἄντρου ἐξήλασε μῆλα Od. 9.312, cf. 227, 11.292: abs., drive afield, of a shepherd, 10.83. 2. esp. drive out, expel from a place, μήτι . . ἡμέας ἐξελάσωσιν γαίης ἡμετέρης 16.381; ἐξήλασέν με κἀπέκλῃσε δωμάτων A. Pr. 670; πάτρας, χθονός, S. OC 376, 823; γῆς ἐκ πατρῴας ἐξελήλαμαι ib.1292; ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος Hdt. 5.91; ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας Ar. Nu. 123; ἐκ τῶν πόλεων Pl. Grg. 466d; Τιτῆνας ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Hes. Th. 820; τὸ βάρβαρον ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης Pl. Mx. 241d; ἐξεληλαμένος τῆς βουλῆς Plu. Cic. 17; ἐ. τινά banish, Hdt. 1.60, Ar. Ach. 717, Pl. Ap. 30d:—Med., Th. 4.35,7.5. 3. drive out horses, etc., ἵππους ἐξέλασε Τρώων out of the ranks of the Trojans, Il. 5.324, cf. 10.499; ἁρμάτων ὄχους E. Ph. 1190:—Med., drive out oneʼs horses, ἵππους ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφʼ ἅρματι Theoc. 24.119 (but, drive off captured cattle, Plb. 4.75.7); ἐ. στρατόν, στρατιήν, lead out an army, Hdt. 1.76, 7.38; ἐ. νῆα ὅρμου A.R. 1.987; lead out a procession, ἐ. τὸν Ἴακχον Plu. Alc. 34; θρίαμβον Id. Marc. 22: hence, b. freq. with the acc. omitted, as if intr., ἐς δίφρον ὀρούσας ἐξέλασʼ ἐς πληθύν he drove out, Il. 11.360, etc.; ride out, Th. 7.27, X. Cyr. 1.3.3, etc.; ἐ. ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἱππέων Lys. 20.28; march out, Hdt. 4.80, 8.113, etc.; go out, X. Cyr. 8.3.1. 4. expel, banish, get rid of a thing, τῶν ὀμμάτων τὸ αἰδούμενον Plu. 2.654d; by washing, κόνιν λαγόνων Call. Lav.Pall. 6. 5. metaph., reject, Jul. Caes. 306c. II. knock out, χαμαὶ δέ κε πάντας ὀδόντας γναθμῶν ἐξελάσαιμι Od. 18.29. III. beat out metals, ἐ. ἡμιπλίνθια ἐκ χρυσοῦ Hdt. 1.50; ἐθηεῖτο σίδηρον ἐξελαυνόμενον ib.68, cf. 7.84; κέντρον ἐπὶ λεπτὸν ἐξεληλασμένον Plb. 6.22.4.

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