ἐξαμβλόω

A. f.l. for ‐ῶσαι in Them. Or. 2.33b:—make to miscarry, νηδὺν ἐξαμβλοῦμεν E. Andr. 356:—Pass., of the foetus, miscarry, βρέφος ἐξαμβλωθέν Apollod. 3.4.3: metaph., αὕτη ἡ ἐλπὶς ἐξήμβλωτο αὐτῇ Ael. Fr. 57.

2. make abortive: metaph., φροντίδ’ ἐξήμβλωκας you have made a notion miscarry, Ar. Nu. 137; to which Strepsiades retorts, εἰπέ μοι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοὐξημβλωμένον your abortive thought, ib.139, cf. Pl. Tht. 150e; ἐ. θείας γονάς Ph. 1.219:—Pass., ὁ πυρὸς ἐξαμβλούμενος Thphr. CP 4.5.3; σώματος ἰσχὺς ἐξαμβλοῦται Plu. 2.2e.

II. intr., prove abortive, Ael. NA 2.25: impers., ἐξαμβλοῖ a miscarriage follows, Arist. HA 577b6.