ἐκβάλλειν
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐκβάλλω): depose, dismiss, divorce, drop, emit, expose, oust, retract, shed, be tributary to, cast ashore, cast aside, cast out, cast overboard, depose from office, drive away, drive out, fling away, fling out, give forth, hiss off, hoot off the stage, hurl away, let fall, of a river, pour forth, put out, throw aside, throw away, throw out words, throw out, turn out of doors, turn out, usedischarge into, wash ashore
Lexicon Thucydideum
eiicere, to thrust out, expel, 1.126.12, [nonnulli codd. several manuscripts ἐξέβαλλον].
expellere, to drive out, 2.68.6, 4.71.1. 5.4.3, 6.4.6, 8.47.2. 8.84.4, 8.108.5.
