ἐξελίσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. ἐξελίττω, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[unroll]], [[unfold]], περιβολὰς σφραγισμάτων <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hipp.</span>864</span>; ταρσούς <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.29.8</span>; χάρτην <span class="bibl">Hero<span class="title">Aut.</span>26.8</span>: metaph., [[unfold]], [[θεσπίσματα]], [[λόγος|λόγον]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>141</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>397</span>; θεῖον νόμον <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Marc.</span>26</span>; οὐδ' ἄρα [τὸν αἰῶνα] ἐξελίξεις <span class="bibl">Plot.3.7.6</span>; προσελθοῦσα ἡ πηλικότης ἐξελίττει εἰς μέγεθος τὴν ὕλην; <span class="bibl">Id.2.4.9</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁ . . κύκλος . . ἴσην ἐξελίττεται γραμμήν</b> [[is unrolled so as to form]] a line, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span> 855a29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>914a30</span>, <span class="bibl">Hero<span class="title">Aut.</span>25.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of any rapid motion, <b class="b3">ἴχνος ἐ. ποδός</b> [[evolve the mazy]] dance, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>3</span>; χορείαν Aristid.1.97 J.; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ κύκλῳ</b> [[hunt]] one round and round, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>977</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. κύκλους περί τινα</b> [[wheel]] in circles round him, <span class="bibl">Hld.5.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τὸν αὑτῆς κύκλον [ἡ σελήνη</b>] Plu.2.368a; of the hare, δρόμον ἐ. [[double]], <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>17.3</span>:— Pass., <b class="b3">-ιχθῆναι τοὺς ἑλιγμούς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">21.3</span>; [[wheel about]], ἐπὶ δεξιά <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span> 5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tim.</span>27</span>: c. acc. loci, <b class="b3">τοὺς κόλπους ἐ</b>. [[follow the windings of]] the bays, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.84</span>; ἐ. τὴν τάφρον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> intr. in Act., <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>25.2</span>; ἐξελίττει τῇ καὶ τῇ <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>13.14</span> (also <b class="b3">ἐ. ἑαυτόν</b> [[escape]], ib.<span class="bibl">3.16</span>); of ships, παρὰ τὴν γῆν -ξασαι διέφυγον <span class="bibl">Plb.1.28.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.51.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[evolve]], in Pass., ζωὴ ἐξελιττομένη εἰς τέλος <span class="bibl">Plot.1.4.1</span>; ὅσα τὰ πολλά, τοσαῦτα τὸ ἕν, ἀφ' οὗ ἐξελίττεται <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as military term, = [[ἀναπτύσσειν]], [[extend]] the front by bringing up the rear men, [[deploy]], τὴν φάλαγγα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.5.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>4.3.18</span>; ἐξελίττεται ὁ στίχος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lac.</span>11.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[countermarch]], Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>10.13, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> generally, [[manoeuvre]], <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>25.6</span>:—Med. or Pass., ib.<span class="bibl">16.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[extricate]], τὴν δύναμιν τῶν στενῶν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>20</span>.</span>