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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bind so as to hang from, fasten to</b> or [[on]], c. gen., πέτρης ἐκ πείσματα δήσας <span class="bibl">Od.10.96</span> ; <b class="b3">[δρῦς] ἔκδεον ἡμιόνων</b> they [[bound]] the oaks [[to]] the mules, i.e. they [[yoked]] the mules to them, <span class="bibl">Il.23.121</span> ; τοῦ τείχους <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.11.6</span> : abs., <b class="b3">σανίδας ἐκδῆσαι ὄπισθε</b> [[bind]] planks behind, <span class="bibl">Od. 22.174</span> ; χέρας βρόχοισιν ἐκδήσαντες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>556</span> : metaph., [[trace the dependence of]] one thing [[on]] another, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.3.1</span> : —Med., <b class="b2">bind a thing to oneself, hang it round one</b>, ἐκδήσασθαι ἀγάλματα <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.76</span> ; also, [[bind]] or [[fasten for oneself]], ἀκταῖσιν..πεισμάτων ἀρχάς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>761</span> (lyr.); τὸν νεκρὸν ἐκ τοῦ δίφρου <span class="title">IG</span>14.1284 :—Pass., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span> 29</span>, al.</span>