ἐξίτηλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], ον, (ἐξιέναι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">going out</b>: hence, <b class="b2">losing colour, fading, evanescent</b>, πορφυρίδες ἐξίτηλοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>10.3</span>; of paintings, [[faded]], ἐ. ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου <span class="bibl">Paus.10.38.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.1.44</span>; γράμματα <span class="bibl">Id.5.150</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐ. τροφή</b> food <b class="b2">that has lost its properties during assimilation</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Alim.</span>4</span>; so of seed sown in alien soil, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>497b</span>; of a drug or wine <b class="b2">that has lost its power</b>, <span class="bibl">Phylarch.10J.</span>, Dsc.5.6; <b class="b3">ἐ. γενέσθαι</b>, of a family, to become [[extinct]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.39</span>; <b class="b3">οὔπω σφιν ἐ. αἷμα δαιμόνων</b> is not yet [[extinct]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>162.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>121a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξιτήλου ἐόντος</b> where [[attenuation]] takes place, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Praec.</span>9</span>; of acts, <b class="b2">extinct, obsolete</b>, τῷ χρόνῳ ἐ. Hdt.<span class="title">Prooem.</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.60</span>,<span class="bibl">7.47</span>, Plu.2.68b, <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.16.2</span>, etc.; τρίχας ἐ. ποιεῖν [[eradicate]], Dsc.2.76.19.</span>