ἐκποδών
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
Adv., (ἐκ ποδῶν) opp. ἐμποδών,
A away from the feet, i.e. out of the way, away, ἐ. ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι depart and get away, Hdt.8.76 ; ἐ. σταθῆναι stand aside, A.Ch.20; ἀποστῆναι E.Hel.1023, etc.; ἐ. εἶναι Hdt.6.35 ; γενέσθαι X.HG6.5.38 ; ἐ. σαυτὸν ἔχειν, ἄγειν τινά, A.Pr. 346, S.Ant.1321 (lyr.); ἐᾶν Ar.Ach.305 ; ἄναγε σεαυτὸν ἐ. Id.Ra.853 : abs., ἐκποδών out of the way! Id.Ach.240, V.1341 : c.dat., ἐ. χωρεῖν τινί to get out of his way, E.Hec.52, etc.; ἐ. στῆναι ἀμφοτέροις Th.1.40 ; ἐκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις E.Supp.1113, cf.And.1.135 ; ἐκποδὼν τὰ ὄντα, τὰς ἐπιβουλὰς ποιεῖσθαι, X.Cyr.3.1.3, Isoc.4.173, etc.; ἐ. λέγειν declare away or removed, A.Eu.453 : c.gen., ἐ. χθονός far from it, E.Ph. 978 ; ἐ. εἶναί or ἔχειν τινός, to be or keep free from a thing, X.Cyr.5.4.34, E.IT1226 ; τὸ μὲν σὸν ἐ. ἔστω λόγου be thou banished from my words, Id.Med.1222.
German (Pape)
[Seite 775] (ἐκ ποδῶν), vor den Füßen weg, aus dem Wege, fort, fern; ἐκποδὼν σταθῶμεν Aesch. Ch. 20; ἡσύχαζε σαυτὸν ἐκποδὼν ἔχων, dich fern haltend, Prom. 344; εἶναι Soph. Ai. 979, fern sein (vgl. Her. 6, 35 u. Xen. Cyr. 5, 4, 34, τινός, wie Eur. Phoen. 978); ἄγειν τινά, fortführen, Ant. 1306, wie ἄπαγε σεαυτὸν ἐκπ., pack dich fort, Ar. Ran. 853, vgl. Th. 36 Pax 1264; ἐκπ. χωρήσομαι Ἑκάβῃ, aus dem Wege gehen, Eur. Hec. 52; Or. 548; τῇ ξυμφορᾷ, der Gefahr aus dem Wege gehen, Bacch. 1148; ἐκπ. ἀπαλλάττεσθαι, fortgehen, Her. 8, 75; τὸ δὲ κακὸν ἐκπ. ἀπέλθοι Plat. Lys. 220 c; ἐκπ. στῆναι ἀμφοτέροις, von beiden Parteien sich fern halten, Thuc. 1, 40; ἐκπ. ποιεῖσθαι, aus dem Wege räumen, ἐπιβουλάς Isocr. 4, 173; τὰ ὄντα Xen. Cyr. 3, 1, 3; τὴν πλεονεξίαν Plut. Num. 3; auch ποιεῖν, oft Pol.; geradezu für tödten, Xen. An. 1, 6, 9 u. öfter; φροντίδ' ἐκποδὼν λέγω, durch Reden beseitigen, Aesch. Eum. 431; οὐκ εἰς κόρακας τὼ χεῖρ' ἀποίσεις ἐκποδὼν ἀπό τινος Nicopho bei Schol. Ar. Av. 1283. Vgl. den Ggstz ἐμποδών.
