ἔξοδος

A. going out, opp. εἴσοδος, S. Aj. 798, 806, etc.; ἐκ τῆς χώρης Hdt. 1.94; ἔστι . . λήθη μνήμης ἔ. Pl. Phlb. 33e; λήθη ἐπιστήμης ἔ. Id. Smp. 208a; ἔ. τοῦ βίον PLond. 1.77.57 (vi A. D.).

2. marching out, military expedition, Hdt. 9.19; κοιναὶ ἔ. ib.26; ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι Th. 3.5, etc., cf. Ar. Nu. 579; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἔ. ποιεῖσθαι, of Leonidas, Hdt. 7.223; ἔ. ἐξελθεῖν X. HG 1.2.17; ἐξόδους ἕρπειν κενάς S. Aj. 287; τὴν ἐπ’ Ὠρεὸν ἔ. D. 18.79; ἔ. πεζαί ib.100 (s. v.l.).

3. procession, Hdt. 3.14; esp. of women of rank with their suite, ἔ. γυναικεῖαι Pl. Lg. 784d, cf. Thphr. Char. 22.10; ἐξόδους λαμπρὰς ἐξιοῦσαν D. 48.55, cf. Lex Solonisap.Plu. Sol. 21.

4. divorce, BGU 1105.24 (i B.C.).

II. way out, outlet, διὰ τῶν στεγέων Hdt. 2.148 (pl.), cf. Th. 1.106, 2.4(sg.); πυλῶν ἐπ’ ἐξόδοις A. Th. 33, cf. 58, 285; πρὸς θυρῶνος ἐξόδοις S. El. 328; εἴσοδοι καὶ ἔ. entrances and exits, POxy. 241.20 (i A. D.); of a river, ἔ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt. 7.130; ἡ Ἀρκαδία οὐκ ἔχει ἐξόδους τοῖς ὕδασιν εἰς θάλατταν Arist. Pr. 947a19.

b. esp. of the Jewish Exodus, LXX Ex. tit., etc.

2. way out of a difficulty, Pl. R. 453e.

3. of orifices in the body, ἡ ἔ. τοῦ περιττώματος, of the vent or anus, Arist. PA 675b9; τῆς τροφῆς Id. HA 507a32, cf. 532b6; so of other orifices in the body, ib.511a27, etc.

4. delivery, ἡ τοῦ ἐμβρύου ἔ. Id. GA 777a27, cf. 752b12; πρὸς ἔξοδον ἔχειν Lyd. Ost. 44.

5. emission of semen, Arist. HA 586a15, al.; κοιλίης ἔξοδοι discharges from the bowel, Aret. SD 2.3.

III. end, close, ἐπ’ ἐξόδῳ εἶναι (of a truce) Th. 5.14; ἐπ’ ἐ. τῆς ἀρχῆς X. HG 5.4.4; ἐπ’ ἐ.(‐ου vulg.) τοῦ ζῆν J. AJ 4.8.2; ἔ. τοῦ βίου PLond. 1.77.57: abs., departure, death, Ev.Luc. 9.31, 2 Ep.Pet. 1.15, Arr. Epict. 4.4.38.

2. end, issue of an argument, Pl. Prt. 361a.

b. decision of a court, BGU 168.15 (ii A. D.).

3. end of a tragedy, i.e. all that follows the last choral ode, Arist. Po. 1452b21; ἔξοδον αὐλεῖν play the chorus off the stage (their exit being led by an αὐλητής), Ar. V. 582, cf.Sch.

IV. outgoing, payment of money, IG 14.422 (Tauromenium), 5(1).1390.50 (Andania, i B. C.), Plb. 6.13.2; opp. εἴσοδος, Test.Epict. 6.34: pl., D.H. 10.30.

V. street, LXX 2 Ki. 22.43.