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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sweep clean]], τὰς κλίνας <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>22.12</span> (nisi leg. [[ἐκκορίσας]]): metaph., μὴ 'κκόρει τὴν Ἑλλάδα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>59</span> ; and (with a play on [[κόρη]]) <b class="b3">τίς ἐξεκόρησέ σε</b>; who [[has robbed]] you <b class="b2">of your daughter?</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>760</span> : generally, [[sweep away]], <b class="b3">τὸν τῦφον, τὴν κραιπάλην</b>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.37</span> ; ἐκκορηθείης σύ γε <b class="b2">clear out! pack off!</b> <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Georg.</span>53</span> : [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἐκκόρει]], [[κόρη]], [[κορώνην]] maiden, [[drive away]] the crow— the opening of a wedding song—the crow being a prognostic of widowhood, <span class="title">Carm.Pop.</span>25, cf. <span class="bibl">Horap.1.8</span>.</span>