διέξοδος

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ἡ,

   A outlet, passage, Hp.Aph.7.51, Arist.PA684b26, etc.; ἀποκεκληϊμένου τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς δ. Hdt.3.117, cf. 4.140; διέξοδοι ὁδῶν passage-ways, Id.1.199; ἀνέμων διέξοδοι (through the body), S.Fr.477; ὅταν πλεύμων μὴ καθαρὰς παρέχῃ τὰς δ. Pl.Ti.84d, cf. 91c; way out from, Th. 3.98; αἱ δ. τῶν ὁδῶν Ev.Matt.22.9; of the main roads out of a town, Aristeas 105; δ. ὑδάτων, of a spring, LXX 4 Ki.2.21; of tears, ib.Ps. 118(119).136.    2 pathway, orbit, of the sun, Hdt.2.24; τρεῖς ἡλίου διέξοδοι three days, E.Andr.1086; of planets, Arist.Mu.399a3: metaph., πολλὰς φροντίδων δ. Henioch.4.5; δ. τῶν βουλευμάτων the paths of his counsels, Hdt.3.156; δ. τῆς φύσεως, τῆς οὐσίας, Ocell. 1.5, 12; [ὁ νοῦς] ἔχων τὴν αὐτὴν διὰ τῶν οὐκ αὐτῶν δ. Plot.6.7.13.    3 issue, event, δ. λαβεῖν Plb.2.1.3, etc.    4 means of escape, πάσας δ. διεξελθών Pl.R.405c; δ. πραγμάτων way out of difficulties, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.66.    5 Medic., evacuation, Hp.Prog.11, Gal.17(1).132 (pl.).    II detailed narrative or description, ἡ τοῦ λόγου δ. the course of the narrative or argument, Pl.Criti.109a, cf. Prt.361d, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.250, Ph.1.407; exposition, Phld.Sign.38, Mus. p.110 K., al.; ἡ διὰ στοιχείου δ. description by resolving into elements, Pl.Tht.207c; κατὰ διέξοδον in detail, Aristid.Rh.1p.505S.; δ. καὶ ἔπαινοι narratives, tales, Pl.Prt.326a, etc.    III military evolution, δ. τακτικαί Id.Lg.813e, cf. D.C.74.5.    2 excursion, Pl.Phdr. 247a.    3 repeated experiment, Gal.10.169.