Dictionary entry

G01807

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ἐξαιρέω

Infl. fut. ήσω

Infl. aor2 ἐξεῖλον

Infl. epic ἔξελον

Infl. inf. ἐξελεῖν

Infl. Pass., perf. ἐξῄρημαι

Infl. ionic -αραίρημαι

I. "to take out of" a thing, τί τινος Hom., etc.; ἔκ τινος Hdt., etc.:—simply "to take out", νηδύν id=Hdt.:—Mid. "to take out for oneself", Il.; ἐξ. τὰ φορτία "to discharge their" cargoes, Hdt.

II. "to take from among" others, "to pick out, choose", Hom., etc.:—Mid. "to choose for oneself, carry off as booty", id=Hom.:—Pass. "to be given as a special honour", τινι to one, Thuc.; ἐξαραιρημένος Ποσειδέωνι "dedicated" to him, Hdt.

2. "to take out of" a number, "to except", id=Hdt., attic

III. "to expel" people "from their seats", Hdt., Thuc.

2. "to take out, remove", Hdt., attic

3. in Mid. "to bereave" a person "of" life, c. dupl. acc., μιν ἐξείλετο θυμόν Il., attic; or c. gen. pers., μευ φρένας ἐξέλετο Il.; rarely c. dat. pers., id=Il.:—Mid. "to take away from one", Soph.:—Pass., ἐξαιρεθέντες τὸν Δημοκήδεα "having had" him "taken out of their hands", Hdt.

IV. in Mid. "to set free, deliver", Aesch., Dem.

V. "to make away with, annul", Soph.: "to demolish" a city, Hdt., etc.

2. "to bring to an end, accomplish", Eur.