ἐκβάλλω

See also: εκβάλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκ- (ek-, out) +‎ βάλλω (bállō, to throw).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐκβάλλω • (ekbállō)

  1. to throw or cast out of
    1. to throw ashore
    2. to cast out of a place, banish
    3. to expose on a desert island
    4. to divorce
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Neaera 83
      • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Collected Works 16.29
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Neaera 63
    5. to cast out of one's seat, to depose
    6. (in wrestling) to throw
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 678.13
    7. to dig wells
  2. to strike out of
    1. to strike open, break in
  3. to let fall
  4. to throw away, put aside, reject
  5. to lose, properly by one's own fault
  6. to produce, bear fruit
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Τοῦ μεγάλου Ἱπποκράτους πάντων τῶν ἰατρῶν κορυφαίου τὰ εὑρισκόμενα. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis, opera omnia quæ extant. 1131H
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Publicola 21
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Τοῦ μεγάλου Ἱπποκράτους πάντων τῶν ἰατρῶν κορυφαίου τὰ εὑρισκόμενα. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis, opera omnia quæ extant. 611.43
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Τοῦ μεγάλου Ἱπποκράτους πάντων τῶν ἰατρῶν κορυφαίου τὰ εὑρισκόμενα. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis, opera omnia quæ extant. 242.32
  7. to put out, dislocate
  8. to put off
  9. (mathematics) to produce a line
  10. (intransitive) to go out, depart

Inflection

The verb ἐκπίπτω (ekpíptō) can function as a passive of ἐκβάλλω.

Descendants

  • Greek: εκβάλλω (ekvállo) (learned)

Further reading