Plato Greek Lexicon ἐξίτηλος

ἐξίτηλος

exitelos

going out

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξίτηλος [ῐ], ον, (ἐξιέναι) A. going out: hence, losing colour, fading, evanescent, πορφυρίδες ἐξίτηλοι X. Oec. 10.3; of paintings, faded, ἐ. ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου Paus. 10.38.9, cf. Poll. 1.44; γράμματα Id. 5.150. 2. metaph., ἐ. τροφή food that has lost its properties during assimilation, Hp. Alim. 4; so of seed sown in alien soil, Pl. R. 497b; of a drug or wine that has lost its power, Phylarch. 10J., Dsc. 5.6; ἐ. γενέσθαι, of a family, to become extinct, Hdt. 5.39; οὔπω σφιν ἐ. αἷμα δαιμόνων is not yet extinct, A. Fr. 162.4, cf. Pl. Criti. 121a; ἐξιτήλου ἐόντος where attenuation takes place, Hp. Praec. 9; of acts, extinct, obsolete, τῷ χρόνῳ ἐ. Hdt. Prooem., cf. Isoc. 5.60,7.47, Plu. 2.68b, Max.Tyr. 16.2, etc.; τρίχας ἐ. ποιεῖν eradicate, Dsc. 2.76.19.
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