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|Definition=pf. Pass. [[ἐξαλήλιμμαι]] (v. infr.): subj.aor.2 Pass. ἐξαλῐφῇ [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''258b:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[plaster over]] or [[wash over]], τοῦ σώματος τὸ ἥμισυ ἐξηλείφοντο γύψῳ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.69; <b class="b3">ᾗ ἔτυχε . . οὐκ ἐξαληλιμμένον τὸ τεῖχος</b> where it was not [[whitewashed]], Th.3.20; τοὺς βωμοὺς ἐξαλείψαντι ''IG''11.161A103 (Delos, iii B. C.):—Med., [[anoint]], μύρῳ βρενθείῳ ἐξαλείψαο Sapph.''Supp.''23.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[wipe out]], [[obliterate]], ἐξαλειφθεῖσ' ὡς ἄγαλμα E.''Hel.''262: metaph., [[wipe out of one's mind]], πάντα τὰ πρόσθεν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''187b; τὸ γιγνώσκειν D.37.34; [[ὑπόνοια]]ν Men.''Pk.''310(prob.); [[cancel]], ἐ. ψηφίσματα And.1.76; νόμους Lys.1.48; αἰτίας Arist.''Ath.''40.3; ἐξαλειφόντων (''[[sc.]]'' τὸ [[ὀφείλημα]]) ''IG''12.91.10; esp. at Athens, [[ἐξαλείφω τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου]] = [[strike his name off the roll]], X.''HG''2.3.51, cf. Arist. ''Ath.''36.2; so ἐ. τινά [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''877, cf. D.39.39; opp. [[ἐγγράφω]], Ar.''Pax'' 1181, Lys.30.2, etc.; ὑμᾶς ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ Th.3.57:—Med., [[ἐξαλείψασθαι τὰς ἀπογραφάς]] to [[get]] one's [[inventory]] [[cancel]]led, Pl.''Lg.'' 850d: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐ. πάθος φρενός</b> [[blot]] it out from one's [[mind]], E.''Hec.'' 590.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[wipe out]], [[destroy]], μὴ 'ξαλείψῃς σπέρμα Πελοπιδῶν A.''Ch.''503, cf. E.''Hipp.''1241:—Pass., ἡ Σπάρτης εὐδαιμονίη οὐκ ἐξηλείφετο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.220; τιμὰς μὴ 'ξαλειφθῆναι A.''Th.''15; οὐδ' ἄπαις δόμος . . ἐξαλειφθείη ποτ' ἄν E.''IT''698.