ἔξοδος

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(A), ἡ,

   A going out, opp. εἴσοδος, S.Aj.798, 806, etc.; ἐκ τῆς χώρης Hdt.1.94; ἔστι . . λήθη μνήμης ἔ. Pl.Phlb.33e; λήθη ἐπιστήμης ἔ. Id.Smp.208a; ἔ. τοῦ βίον PLond.1.77.57 (vi A. D.).    2 marching out, military expedition, Hdt.9.19; κοιναὶ ἔ. ib.26; ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι Th. 3.5, etc., cf. Ar.Nu.579; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι, of Leonidas, Hdt.7.223; ἔ. ἐξελθεῖν X.HG1.2.17; ἐξόδους ἕρπειν κενάς S.Aj.287; τὴν ἐπ' Ὠρεὸν ἔ. D.18.79; ἔ. πεζαί ib.100 (s. v.l.).    3 procession, Hdt.3.14; esp. of women of rank with their suite, ἔ. γυναικεῖαι Pl. Lg.784d, cf. Thphr.Char.22.10; ἐξόδους λαμπρὰς ἐξιοῦσαν D.48.55, cf. Lex Solonisap.Plu.Sol.21.    4 divorce, BGU1105.24 (i B.C.).    II way out, outlet, διὰ τῶν στεγέων Hdt.2.148 (pl.), cf. Th.1.106, 2.4(sg.); πυλῶν ἐπ' ἐξόδοις A. Th.33, cf. 58, 285; πρὸς θυρῶνος ἐξόδοις S.El.328; εἴσοδοι καὶ ἔ. entrances and exits, POxy.241.20 (i A. D.); of a river, ἔ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt.7.130; ἡ Ἀρκαδία οὐκ ἔχει ἐξόδους τοῖς ὕδασιν εἰς θάλατταν Arist.Pr.947a19.    b esp. of the Jewish Exodus, LXXEx. tit., etc.    2 way out of a difficulty, Pl.R.453e.    3 of orifices in the body, ἡ ἔ. τοῦ περιττώματος, of the vent or anus, Arist.PA 675b9; τῆς τροφῆς Id.HA507a32, cf. 532b6; so of other orifices in the body, ib.511a27, etc.    4 delivery, ἡ τοῦ ἐμβρύου ἔ. Id.GA777a27, cf. 752b12; πρὸς ἔξοδον ἔχειν Lyd.Ost.44.    5 emission of semen, Arist.HA586a15, al.; κοιλίης ἔξοδοι discharges from the bowel, Aret. SD2.3.    III end, close, ἐπ' ἐξόδῳ εἶναι (of a truce) Th.5.14; ἐπ' ἐ. τῆς ἀρχῆς X.HG5.4.4; ἐπ' ἐ. (-ου vulg.) τοῦ ζῆν J.AJ4.8.2; ἔ. τοῦ βίου PLond.1.77.57: abs., departure, death, Ev.Luc.9.31, 2 Ep.Pet. 1.15, Arr.Epict.4.4.38.    2 end, issue of an argument, Pl.Prt. 361a.    b decision of a court, BGU168.15 (ii A. D.).    3 end of a tragedy, i.e. all that follows the last choral ode, Arist.Po.1452b21; ἔξοδον αὐλεῖν play the chorus off the stage (their exit being led by an αὐλητής), Ar.V.582, cf.Sch.    IV outgoing, payment of money, IG14.422 (Tauromenium), 5(1).1390.50 (Andania, i B. C.), Plb.6.13.2; opp. εἴσοδος, Test.Epict.6.34: pl., D.H.10.30.    V street, LXX 2 Ki.22.43.
ἔξοδος (B), ον,

   A promoting the passage, λίθων Aret.CD2.3.