ἐξελάων

A. ‐ελῶ Hdt. 4.148, 5.63, IG 12.39.4: pf. ‐ελήλακα:—Ep. pres. part. ἐξελάων Od. 10.83; inf. ἐξελάαν Il. 8.527, Od. 11.292, Hes. Th. 491 (v.l. ‐άειν): Arc. 1 sg. pres. opt. ἐξελαύνοια IG 5(2).343.65 (iv B.C.):—drive out, ἄντρου ἐξήλασε μῆλα Od. 9.312, cf. 227, 11.292: abs., drive afield, of a shepherd, 10.83.

2. esp. drive out, expel from a place, μήτι . . ἡμέας ἐξελάσωσιν γαίης ἡμετέρης 16.381; ἐξήλασέν με κἀπέκλῃσε δωμάτων A. Pr. 670; πάτρας, χθονός, S. OC 376, 823; γῆς ἐκ πατρῴας ἐξελήλαμαι ib.1292; ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος Hdt. 5.91; ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας Ar. Nu. 123; ἐκ τῶν πόλεων Pl. Grg. 466d; Τιτῆνας ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ Hes. Th. 820; τὸ βάρβαρον ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης Pl. Mx. 241d; ἐξεληλαμένος τῆς βουλῆς Plu. Cic. 17; ἐ. τινά banish, Hdt. 1.60, Ar. Ach. 717, Pl. Ap. 30d:—Med., Th. 4.35,7.5.

3. drive out horses, etc., ἵππους ἐξέλασε Τρώων out of the ranks of the Trojans, Il. 5.324, cf. 10.499; ἁρμάτων ὄχους E. Ph. 1190:—Med., drive out one's horses, ἵππους ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφ’ ἅρματι Theoc. 24.119 (but, drive off captured cattle, Plb. 4.75.7); ἐ. στρατόν, στρατιήν, lead out an army, Hdt. 1.76, 7.38; ἐ. νῆα ὅρμου A.R. 1.987; lead out a procession, ἐ. τὸν Ἴακχον Plu. Alc. 34; θρίαμβον Id. Marc. 22: hence,

b. freq. with the acc. omitted, as if intr., ἐς δίφρον ὀρούσας ἐξέλασ’ ἐς πληθύν he drove out, Il. 11.360, etc.; ride out, Th. 7.27, X. Cyr. 1.3.3, etc.; ἐ. ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἱππέων Lys. 20.28; march out, Hdt. 4.80, 8.113, etc.; go out, X. Cyr. 8.3.1.

4. expel, banish, get rid of a thing, τῶν ὀμμάτων τὸ αἰδούμενον Plu. 2.654d; by washing, κόνιν λαγόνων Call. Lav.Pall. 6.

5. metaph., reject, Jul. Caes. 306c.

II. knock out, χαμαὶ δέ κε πάντας ὀδόντας γναθμῶν ἐξελάσαιμι Od. 18.29.

III. beat out metals, ἐ. ἡμιπλίνθια ἐκ χρυσοῦ Hdt. 1.50; ἐθηεῖτο σίδηρον ἐξελαυνόμενον ib.68, cf. 7.84; κέντρον ἐπὶ λεπτὸν ἐξεληλασμένον Plb. 6.22.4.