ἐκβολή
Alt. ἐκβολή, ἡ,
Etym. ἐκβάλλω
I. "a throwing out", ψήφων ἐκβ. "turning" the votes "out of" the urn, Aesch.
2. "a throwing the cargo overboard", id=Aesch.
II. "ejectment, banishment", id=Aesch., Plat.
III. "a letting fall", δακρύων Eur.
IV. "a bringing forth:—" ἐκβ. σίτου "the time when" the corn "comes into ear", Thuc.
V. (from intr. signf. of ἐκβάλλω) "a going out, outlet", Lat. exitus, ἐκβ. ποταμοῦ "the discharge" of a river from between mountains, Hdt.: "a mountain-pass", id=Hdt.: "the mouth" of a river, Thuc.
2. ἐκβ. λόγου "a digression", id=Thuc.
VI. (from Pass.), "that which is cast out", ἐκβ. δικέλλης "earth cast or scraped up" by a hoe or mattock, Soph.; οὐρεία ἐκβολή "children exposed" on the mountains, Eur.
2. "a cargo cast overboard", ἐκβολαὶ νεώς "wrecked" seamen, id=Eur.