ἐξελαύνω

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fut.

   A -ελῶ Hdt.4.148, 5.63, IG12.39.4: 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 IG5(2).343.65 (iv B.C.):—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.OC376, 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 ἀπ' 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 one's horses, ἵππους ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφ' 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 ἐξέλασ' 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.