ἐξίτηλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], ον, ([[ἐξιέναι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐ. τροφή</b> food [[that has lost its properties during assimilation]], Hp.''Alim.''4; so of seed sown in alien soil, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 497b; of a drug or wine [[that has lost its power]], Phylarch.10J., Dsc.5.6; <b class="b3">ἐ. γενέσθαι</b>, of a family, to become [[extinct]], Hdt.5.39; <b class="b3">οὔπω σφιν ἐ. αἷμα δαιμόνων</b> is not yet [[extinct]], A.''Fr.''162.4, cf. Pl.''Criti.''121a; <b class="b3">ἐξιτήλου ἐόντος</b> where [[attenuation]] takes place, Hp.''Praec.''9; of acts, [[extinct]], [[obsolete]], τῷ χρόνῳ ἐ. Hdt.''Prooemia'', cf. Isoc.5.60,7.47, Plu.2.68b, Max.Tyr.16.2, etc.; τρίχας ἐ. ποιεῖν [[eradicate]], Dsc.2.76.19.