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ἐξώστης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξώστης ἐξώστες

Structure: ἐξωστη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)cwqe/w

Sense

  1. one who drives out, which drive ships ashore

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν αὐτῶν δεόμεθ’, οἵτινεσ πάλαι μὴ ξυμπονοῦσιν, ἡνίκ’ ἐξώστησ Ἄρησ ἔθραυε λαίφη τῆσδε γῆσ μέγασ πνέων. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 3:2)
  • ὅταν δὲ αὐτοὺσ κατάσχῃ χειμών τε μέγασ καὶ ἄνεμοσ ἐξώστησ, φανερῶσ πᾶσιν ἤδη ἀνθρώποισ δι’ ἀγνωσίην καὶ ἁμαρτίην δῆλοί εἰσιν ἀπολέσαντεσ τὴν ναῦν. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , ix.14)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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