ἐκτοξεύω

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English (LSJ)

   A shoot out, shoot away, τὰ βέλη ἐξετετόξευτο Hdt.1.214, etc.; ἐ. γραφήν Hld.9.5: metaph., τὸ σῶφρον ἐξετόξευσεν has shot away all its arrows, i.e. has no resource left, E.Andr.365; νομίζων ἐκτετοξεῦσθαι βίον Ar.Pl.34.    2 metaph., reject, banish, ἀλήθειαν Ph.1.528:—Pass., ὑπερόριος ἐ. ib.252.    3 abs., shoot from a place, shoot arrows, X.An.7.8.14,Arr.An.1.1.11.    4 Pass., of the pulse, Gal.8.486.