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