διέξοδος

A. outlet, passage, Hp. Aph. 7.51, Arist. PA 684b26, etc.; ἀποκεκληϊμένου τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς δ. Hdt. 3.117, cf. 4.140; διέξοδοι ὁδῶν passage-ways, Id. 1.199; ἀνέμων διέξοδοι (through the body), S. Fr. 477; ὅταν πλεύμων μὴ καθαρὰς παρέχῃ τὰς δ. Pl. Ti. 84d, cf. 91c; way out from, Th. 3.98; αἱ δ. τῶν ὁδῶν Ev.Matt. 22.9; of the main roads out of a town, Aristeas 105; δ. ὑδάτων, of a spring, LXX 4 Ki. 2.21; of tears, ib.Ps. 118(119).136.

2. pathway, orbit, of the sun, Hdt. 2.24; τρεῖς ἡλίου διέξοδοι three days, E. Andr. 1086; of planets, Arist. Mu. 399a3: metaph., πολλὰς φροντίδων δ. Henioch. 4.5; δ. τῶν βουλευμάτων the paths of his counsels, Hdt. 3.156; δ. τῆς φύσεως, τῆς οὐσίας, Ocell. 1.5, 12; [ὁ νοῦς] ἔχων τὴν αὐτὴν διὰ τῶν οὐκ αὐτῶν δ. Plot. 6.7.13.

3. issue, event, δ. λαβεῖν Plb. 2.1.3, etc.

4. means of escape, πάσας δ. διεξελθών Pl. R. 405c; δ. πραγμάτων way out of difficulties, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.66.

5. Medic., evacuation, Hp. Prog. 11, Gal. 17(1).132 (pl.).

II. detailed narrative or description, ἡ τοῦ λόγου δ. the course of the narrative or argument, Pl. Criti. 109a, cf. Prt. 361d, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.250, Ph. 1.407; exposition, Phld. Sign. 38, Mus. p.110 K., al.; ἡ διὰ στοιχείου δ. description by resolving into elements, Pl. Tht. 207c; κατὰ διέξοδον in detail, Aristid. Rh. 1p.505S.; δ. καὶ ἔπαινοι narratives, tales, Pl. Prt. 326a, etc.

III. military evolution, δ. τακτικαί Id. Lg. 813e, cf. D.C. 74.5.

2. excursion, Pl. Phdr. 247a.

3. repeated experiment, Gal. 10.169.