ἐκβαίνω
ἆρ' ἐς τὸ κάλλος ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη → can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords, can it be that their swords are blunted at the sight of her beauty
English (LSJ)
fut. -βήσομαι : aor. ἐξέβην : pf. ἐκβέβηκα :—
A step out of or off from, c. gen., πέτρης ἐκβαίνοντα Il.4.107 ; ἔκβαιν' ἀπήνης A.Ag. 906 ; ἐ. ἐκ τῆς νεώς Th.1.137 (so in tmesi, ἐκ δὲ Χρυσηΐς νηὸς βῆ Il.1.439) : abs., step out of a ship or chariot, disembark, dismount, ἐκ δ' ἔβαν αὐτοί 3.113, cf. 1.437, Hdt.4.196, etc. ; step out of the sea, Od. 5.415,7.278 ; debouch from a defile, X.An.4.2.3 ; καταστρατοπεδεύσασθαι ἐπὶ λόφον ἐκβάντες ib.6.3.20 : rarely exc. of persons, but βοὴ ..ἐξέβη νάπους S.Aj.892. 2 go out of, depart from, ψυχὴ ἐ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος Pl.Phd.77d ; ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου Plb.3.40.7 : c. gen., ἐ. τύχης E.IT907 ; ἐ. τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἰδέας Pl.R.380d ; τῆς λεκτικῆς ἁρμονίας Arist.Po.1449a27 ; τι τῆς εἰωθυίας διαίτης Pl.R.406b ; ἔνθεν ἐ. Id.Ti.44e ; withdraw from, ἐκ τῆς νομοθεσίας Id.Lg.744a ; μισθώσεως, γεωργίας, BGU1120.52 (i B.C.), PTeb.309.14 (ii A.D.). 3 c. acc., leave, τὴν πλατεῖαν Herod.6.53, cf. Phld.D.3.11 : but, b usu. with the sense, outstep, overstep, γαίας ὅρια E.HF82 ; τὴν ἡλικίαν τοῦ γεννᾶν Pl.R.461b ; τριάκοντα ἔτη ib.537d ; τὸν ὅρκον v.l. in Id.Smp. 183b ; τὸ μέσον Arist.Pol.1296a26. 4 in Poets, the instrument of motion is added in acc., ἐκβὰς..ἁρμάτων πόδα E.Heracl.802. 5 to be produced, of crops, οἱ ἐκβησόμενοι καρποί PLips.23.20 (iv A.D.), etc. 6 project, of ground, PTeb.84.91 (ii B.C.). II metaph., 1 come out, turn out, Hdt.7.209 ; τῇ περ ὥρων ἐκβησόμενα πρήγματα ταῦτα ibid. ; τὰ μέλλοντά σφι ἐκβαίνειν ib.221, cf. Th.7.14, etc. ; of a total obtained by measurement, PAmh.2.31 (ii B.C.). 2 to be fulfilled, of prophecies, etc., D.19.28 ; also τοιοῦτον ἐκβέβηκεν S.Tr.672 ; κάκιστος ἐ. to prove a villain, E.Med.229 ; κατὰ νοῦν ἐ. τινί Pl.Mx.247d ; ἄν τι μὴ κατὰ γνώμην ἐκβῇ D.1.16 ; τὸ ἐκβάν, τὰ ἐκβαίνοντα, the issue, event, D.1.11, Plb.2.27.5. 3 go out of due bounds, ἐς τοῦτ' ἐκβέβηκ' ἀλγηδόνος E.Med.56 ; ποῖποτ' ἐξέβης λόγῳ ; S.Ph.896 ; ἐξέβην γὰρ ἄλλοσε I wandered elsewhere in thought, E. IT781 ; in writing, digress, ἐπάνειμι ἔνθεν ἐξέβην X.HG6.5.1, cf. 7.4.1, D.18.211, Pl.Lg.864c. 4 project, extend beyond a limit, POxy. 918 xi 20 (ii A.D.) : metaph., transcend, ἐ. ὑπὲρ τὸ μέγα ὂν καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸ μικρόν Porph.Sent.34. 5 lapse, πρὶν ἐκβῆναί τινι τὴν στρατηγίαν App.Syr.23. 6 ἐκβαίνοντος μηνός, = φθίνοντος μ., IG14.105 (Syracus.). B causal, in aor. I -έβησα :—cause to go out, esp. put ashore, land from a ship, ἐκ δ' ἑκατόμβην βῆσαν Il.1.438 ; οἱ δ' ἐκβήσαντές [σε] ἔβησαν (where ἔβησαν is aor. 2) Od.24.301 ; ἐς γαῖαν ἐξέβησέ [με] E. Hel.1616.