Strong G1537ἐκ
out from
- Transliteration
- ek ex
- Pronunciation
- ek ex
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds) from 6
out (of place time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote): - after among X are at betwixt (-yond) by (the means of) exceedingly (+ abundantly above) for (-th) from (among forth up) + grudgingly + heartily X heavenly X hereby + very highly in . . . ly (because by reason) of off (from) on out among (from of) over since X thenceforth through X unto X vehemently with (-out). Often used in composition with the same general import; often of completion .
out (of place time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote): - after among X are at betwixt (-yond) by (the means of) exceedingly (+ abundantly above) for (-th) from (among forth up) + grudgingly + heartily X heavenly X hereby + very highly in . . . ly (because by reason) of off (from) on out among (from of) over since X thenceforth through X unto X vehemently with (-out). Often used in composition with the same general import; often of completion .
Detailed definition
ἐκ (ἐξ),
prep. with genitive,
from out of, from (see Addendum, p. 492).
This entry is included here, but in the print version the entry is found on p. 492. ἐκ, before a vowel ἐξ,
prep. with genitive,
of motion outwards, separation from (opposite to εἰς; = Lat. e, ex), from out of, from among, from.
I. Of Place,
1. of motion, out of, forth from, off from: Jhn.6:31, Act.9:3, Gal.1:8, al.; esp. after verbs of motion, Mat.8:28 17:9, Mrk.1:25 7:28, Jhn.1:33 20:1, Act.12:7, 17 27:30, al.; constr. praeg., σώζειν (διας) ἐκ, Ju 5, Act.28:4. Metaphorical, Mat.7:4, 5, 1Pe.2:9; ἐκ τ. χειρός (-ῶν), before genitive of person(s), Luk.1:74, Jhn.10:28, 29, 39, Act.12:4 24:7, Rev.19:2; πίνειν (which see) ἐκ; of the place from which an action proceeds, Luk.5:3 (cf. 12:36, Jhn.13:4, 2Co.2:4).
2. Of change from one place or condition to another: Jhn.8:42, Rom.6:13 13:11, Rev.7:14, al.; with ellips. of verb of motion, 2Ti.2:26, 2Pe.2:21, Rev.2:21, al.
3. Of separation or distinction from a number, before collective or pl. nouns: Mat.13:47, 49, Jhn.12:1, Act.3:15, 1Pe.1:3, al.; after εἷς, Mat.10:29 Luk.17:15, al.; οὐδείς, Jhn.7:19, al.; πολλοί, Jhn.11:19, al.; τις, Luk.11:15, al.; τίς, Mat.6:27, al.; in partitive phrase as subject of sentence, Jhn.16:17; Hebraistically, ἐκ μέσου before genitive, = ἐκ (Heb. מִתּוֹךְ), Mat.13:49, al.
4. Of position or direction (so in cl. = ἔξω): ἐκ δεξιῶν (see: δεξιός); ἐξ ἐναντίας, Mrk.15:39 (metaphorically, Tit.2:8); ἐκ ῥιζῶν (i.e., utterly), Mat.11:20.
II. Of Time,
1. of the point of time from which, from, since: ἐκ γενετῆς, Jhn.9:1, cf. Mrk.10:20, Luk.23:8, Act.24:10, al.
2. Of succession in time: ἐκ δευτέρου, a second time, Mrk.14:72, al., cf. Mat.26:44; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, from day to day, 2Pe.2:8.
III. Of Origin,
1. of nativity, lineage, race: κοίτην (ἐν γαστρί) ἔχειν, Rom.9:10, Mat.1:18; γεννᾶν ἐκ, Mat.1:3ff.; γεννᾶσθαι (γίνεσθαι) ἐκ, Jhn.3:6 8:41, Gal.4:4; ἐκ πνεύματος (θεοῦ), Jhn.1:13 3:5ff., al. ἔρχεσθαι, εἶναι, etc., ἐκ τ. πολέως, Jhn.1:44; φυλῆς, Luk.2:36, al.; τ. ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου, Luk.23:7; ὁ ὢν ἐκ τ. γῆς, Jhn.3:31.
2. Of the author, occasion or source: Mat.5:37, Jhn.2:16, Rom.2:29, 1Co.8:6, Gal.5:8, al.; ἐκ (τ. θεοῦ, 1Co.7:7, 2Co.5:1, 1Jn.4:7; ἐκ τ. πατρός, Jhn.6:65, al.; ἐκ τ. γῆς ἐστιν, λαλεῖ, Jhn.3:31; εκ καρδίας, Rom.6:17, cf. Mrk.12:30, 1Ti.1:5; ἐκ ψυχῆς, Eph.6:6, Col.3:23; ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.14:23; κρίνειν ἐκ, Luk.19:22, Rev.20:12.
3. Of the agent, after passive verbs: Mat.15:5, Mrk.7:11, 2Co.2:2, al.; frequently in Re after αδικεῖσθαι (2:11), etc.
4. Of cause, dependence, source of supply: τ. πόνου (των), Rev.16:10, 11; τ. φωνῶν, Rev.8:13; ἐκ τούτου, Jhn.6:66 19:12 (but see Meyer, in ll.); ἐκ θεοῦ λαλεῖν, 2Co.2:17; ἐκ τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.18:37, 1Jn.3:19; ὁ ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.3:26 4:16; οἱ (ὄντες) ἐκ περιτομῆς, Act.11:2, Rom.4:12, Gal.2:12, Col.4:11; πίνειν ἐκ, Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25, Jhn.4:13, al.; θερίζειν, Gal.6:8; μετέχειν ἐκ (= partit. genitive), 1Co.10:13; with inf., ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν, 2Co.8:11.
5. Of material: Mat.27:29, Jhn.2:15 19:2, Rom.9:21, 1Co.11:12, Rev.18:12, al.; allied to which is its use of price (= cl. genitive): Mat.27:7, cf. ib. 20:2, Act.1:18.
IV. By attraction = ἐν (cl.): τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκιας, Mat.24:17; τ. ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν, Mrk.5:30 (see Field, in l.); ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, Luk.11:13.
V. Adverbial phrases: ἐξ ἀνάγκης, 2Co.9:7, Heb.7:12; ἐξ ἰσότητος, 2Co.8:13; ἐκ μέρους, 1Co.12:27 13:9-12; ἐκ μέτρου, Jhn.3:34; ἐκ συμφώνου, 1Co.7:5.
VI. in composition, ἐκ signifies,
1. procession, removal: ἐκβαίνω, ἐκβάλλω.
2. Opening out, unfolding: ἐκτείνω; metaphorically, ἐξαγγάλλω.
3. Origin: ἔκγονος.
4. Completeness: ἐξαπορέω (see M, Pr., 237), ἐκπληρόω, ἐκτελέω.
(AS)
prep. with genitive,
from out of, from (see Addendum, p. 492).
This entry is included here, but in the print version the entry is found on p. 492. ἐκ, before a vowel ἐξ,
prep. with genitive,
of motion outwards, separation from (opposite to εἰς; = Lat. e, ex), from out of, from among, from.
I. Of Place,
1. of motion, out of, forth from, off from: Jhn.6:31, Act.9:3, Gal.1:8, al.; esp. after verbs of motion, Mat.8:28 17:9, Mrk.1:25 7:28, Jhn.1:33 20:1, Act.12:7, 17 27:30, al.; constr. praeg., σώζειν (διας) ἐκ, Ju 5, Act.28:4. Metaphorical, Mat.7:4, 5, 1Pe.2:9; ἐκ τ. χειρός (-ῶν), before genitive of person(s), Luk.1:74, Jhn.10:28, 29, 39, Act.12:4 24:7, Rev.19:2; πίνειν (which see) ἐκ; of the place from which an action proceeds, Luk.5:3 (cf. 12:36, Jhn.13:4, 2Co.2:4).
2. Of change from one place or condition to another: Jhn.8:42, Rom.6:13 13:11, Rev.7:14, al.; with ellips. of verb of motion, 2Ti.2:26, 2Pe.2:21, Rev.2:21, al.
3. Of separation or distinction from a number, before collective or pl. nouns: Mat.13:47, 49, Jhn.12:1, Act.3:15, 1Pe.1:3, al.; after εἷς, Mat.10:29 Luk.17:15, al.; οὐδείς, Jhn.7:19, al.; πολλοί, Jhn.11:19, al.; τις, Luk.11:15, al.; τίς, Mat.6:27, al.; in partitive phrase as subject of sentence, Jhn.16:17; Hebraistically, ἐκ μέσου before genitive, = ἐκ (Heb. מִתּוֹךְ), Mat.13:49, al.
4. Of position or direction (so in cl. = ἔξω): ἐκ δεξιῶν (see: δεξιός); ἐξ ἐναντίας, Mrk.15:39 (metaphorically, Tit.2:8); ἐκ ῥιζῶν (i.e., utterly), Mat.11:20.
II. Of Time,
1. of the point of time from which, from, since: ἐκ γενετῆς, Jhn.9:1, cf. Mrk.10:20, Luk.23:8, Act.24:10, al.
2. Of succession in time: ἐκ δευτέρου, a second time, Mrk.14:72, al., cf. Mat.26:44; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, from day to day, 2Pe.2:8.
III. Of Origin,
1. of nativity, lineage, race: κοίτην (ἐν γαστρί) ἔχειν, Rom.9:10, Mat.1:18; γεννᾶν ἐκ, Mat.1:3ff.; γεννᾶσθαι (γίνεσθαι) ἐκ, Jhn.3:6 8:41, Gal.4:4; ἐκ πνεύματος (θεοῦ), Jhn.1:13 3:5ff., al. ἔρχεσθαι, εἶναι, etc., ἐκ τ. πολέως, Jhn.1:44; φυλῆς, Luk.2:36, al.; τ. ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου, Luk.23:7; ὁ ὢν ἐκ τ. γῆς, Jhn.3:31.
2. Of the author, occasion or source: Mat.5:37, Jhn.2:16, Rom.2:29, 1Co.8:6, Gal.5:8, al.; ἐκ (τ. θεοῦ, 1Co.7:7, 2Co.5:1, 1Jn.4:7; ἐκ τ. πατρός, Jhn.6:65, al.; ἐκ τ. γῆς ἐστιν, λαλεῖ, Jhn.3:31; εκ καρδίας, Rom.6:17, cf. Mrk.12:30, 1Ti.1:5; ἐκ ψυχῆς, Eph.6:6, Col.3:23; ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.14:23; κρίνειν ἐκ, Luk.19:22, Rev.20:12.
3. Of the agent, after passive verbs: Mat.15:5, Mrk.7:11, 2Co.2:2, al.; frequently in Re after αδικεῖσθαι (2:11), etc.
4. Of cause, dependence, source of supply: τ. πόνου (των), Rev.16:10, 11; τ. φωνῶν, Rev.8:13; ἐκ τούτου, Jhn.6:66 19:12 (but see Meyer, in ll.); ἐκ θεοῦ λαλεῖν, 2Co.2:17; ἐκ τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.18:37, 1Jn.3:19; ὁ ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.3:26 4:16; οἱ (ὄντες) ἐκ περιτομῆς, Act.11:2, Rom.4:12, Gal.2:12, Col.4:11; πίνειν ἐκ, Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25, Jhn.4:13, al.; θερίζειν, Gal.6:8; μετέχειν ἐκ (= partit. genitive), 1Co.10:13; with inf., ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν, 2Co.8:11.
5. Of material: Mat.27:29, Jhn.2:15 19:2, Rom.9:21, 1Co.11:12, Rev.18:12, al.; allied to which is its use of price (= cl. genitive): Mat.27:7, cf. ib. 20:2, Act.1:18.
IV. By attraction = ἐν (cl.): τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκιας, Mat.24:17; τ. ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν, Mrk.5:30 (see Field, in l.); ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, Luk.11:13.
V. Adverbial phrases: ἐξ ἀνάγκης, 2Co.9:7, Heb.7:12; ἐξ ἰσότητος, 2Co.8:13; ἐκ μέρους, 1Co.12:27 13:9-12; ἐκ μέτρου, Jhn.3:34; ἐκ συμφώνου, 1Co.7:5.
VI. in composition, ἐκ signifies,
1. procession, removal: ἐκβαίνω, ἐκβάλλω.
2. Opening out, unfolding: ἐκτείνω; metaphorically, ἐξαγγάλλω.
3. Origin: ἔκγονος.
4. Completeness: ἐξαπορέω (see M, Pr., 237), ἐκπληρόω, ἐκτελέω.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1537 appears in 759 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- of437
- from178
- by42
- out28
- on26
- with15
- in6
- among5
- be5
- at3
- reason3
- through3
First verses
- Matthew 1:3And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
- Matthew 1:5And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
- Matthew 1:6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
- Matthew 1:16And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
- Matthew 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Matthew 3:9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
- Matthew 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Matthew 5:37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
- Matthew 6:27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
- Matthew 7:5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
- Matthew 7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
- Matthew 12:11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
- Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
- Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Matthew 12:35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- ἐκπέμπωto send away/outG1599
- ἐκκαίωbe enflamedG1572
- ἐξαλείφωto blot outG1813
- ἐκγαμίσκωto give in marriageG1548
- ἔξυπνοςawakeG1853
- ἐκμυκτηρίζωto ridiculeG1592
- ἐκπορεύωto departG1607
- ἐκτόςoutside/exceptG1622
- ἐκπετάζωto extendG1600
- ἐκχέωto pour outG1632
- ἐκλαλέωto speak outG1583
- ἐξολοθρεύωto root outG1842
- ἐξελέγχωto convictG1827
- ἐνin/on/amongG1722
- ἐκψύχωto expireG1634
- ἐξετάζωto find outG1833
- ἐκτρέφωto nourish/rearG1625
- ἔκδοτοςhanded overG1560
- ἐξαπορέωto despairG1820
- ἐκπλήσσωbe astonishedG1605
- ἐκταράσσωto disturb greatlyG1613
- ἔκγονοςdescendantG1549
- ἐξαιτέωto demand/ask forG1809
- ἐκστρέφωbe warpedG1612
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκ,
before a vowel ἐξ, also
A ἐξ τῳ ϝοίκῳ [Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.5 H., in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. before ς ξ ζ ρ)] and less frequently ; ἐγ- in Inscrr. before β γ δ λ μ ; Cretan dialect and Boeotian dialect ἐς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“Leg.Gort.” 2.49, 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.67)]; ἐχ frequently in Attic dialect Inscrr. before χ φ θ (and in early Inscrr. before ς, [Refs (“IG” 12.304.20); also ἐ Ναυπάκτω [prev. work]9(1).334.8 (_Locrian dialect_); (ἐτ is for ἐπὶ in ib 9(2).517.14 (Thess.)))]:—preposition governing GEN. only (except in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Cypria and 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, with _dative_, “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.5 H. (from Idalium), (in form ἐς) “IG” 5(2).6.49 (Tegea, 4th c.BC)))]:—radical sense, from out of, frequently also simply, from.
A.I OF PLACE, the most frequently usage, variously modified:
A.I.1 of Motion, out of, forth from, ἐκ Πύλου ἐλθὼν τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.269, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c, etc.; μάχης ἔκ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.207; ἂψ ἐκ δυσμενέων ἀνδρῶν 24.288; ἐξ ὀχέων, ἐξ ἕδρης, 3.29, 19.77; φεύγειν ἐκ πολέμοιο 7.119; ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.9; ἐκ χειρῶν γέρας εἵλετο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.344, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1287 (but ἐκ χειρὸς βάλλειν or παίειν)] to strike with a spear in the hand, opposed to ἀντιτοξεύειν or ἀκοντίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.15, “Cyr.” 4.3.16; ἐκ χειρὸς τὴν μάχην ποιεῖσθαι [prev. work] 6.2.16, compare 6.3.24, etc.))]; ἐκ χρυσῶν φιαλῶν πίνειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.3.3; ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ὠνεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 190.)]
A.I.2 ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον I loved her from my heart, with all my heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.343; ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσπάσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.4; μέγαν ἐκ θυμοῦ κλάζοντες Ἄρη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 48 (_anapaest meter_); δακρυχέων ἐκ φρενός [prev. author] “Th.” 919 (_anapaest meter_); οὐδὲν ἐκ σαυτῆς λέγεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 344)]; ἐξ εὐμενῶν στέρνων δέχεσθαι receive with kindly heart, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 486; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν δὲ κἀξ ὀρθῆς φρενός [prev. author] “OT” 528)]; ὀρθὸς ἐξ ὀρθῶν δίφρων with chariot still upright, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 742; ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός [prev. author] “Tr.” 875; ἐξ ἑνὸς ποδός [prev. author] “Ph.” 91.)]
A.I.3 to denote change or succession, frequently with an antithetic repetition of the same word, δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ one evil comes from (or after) another, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.290; ἐκ φόβου φόβον τρέφω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 28)]; πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως ἀμείβειν, ἀλλάττειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 224b, “Plt.” 289e; λόγον ἐκ λόγου λέγειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.313; πόρους ἐκ πόρων ὑπισχνούμενοι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.8; ἀπαλλάττειν τινὰ ἐκ γόων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 291; ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι [prev. author] “Ant.” 437)]: hence, instead of, τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 454; λευκὴν..ἐκ μελαίνης ἀμφιβάλλομαι τρίχα [prev. author] “Ant.” 1093; ἐλεύθερος ἐκ δούλου καὶ πλούσιος ἐκ πτωχοῦ γεγονώς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.131, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.28, etc.)]
A.I.4 to express separation or distinction from a number, ἐκ πολέων πίσυρες four out of many, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.680; μοῦνος ἐξ ἁπάντων σωθῆναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.87)]; εἶναι ἐκ τῶν δυναμένων to be one of the wealthy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 525e)]; ἐμοὶ ἐκ πασέων Ζεὺς ἄλγε᾽ ἔδωκεν to me out of (i.e. above) all, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.431, compare 432; ἐκ πάντων μάλιστα 4.96, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1137 (Lyric poetry), etc.; redundant, εἷς τῶν ἐκ τῶν φίλων σου LXX.Judg.15.2.)]
A.I.5 of Position, outside of, beyond, chiefly in early writers, ἐκ βελέων out of shot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.130, etc.)]; ἐκ καπνοῦ out of the smoke, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.7)]; ἐκ πατρίδος banished from one's country, [Refs (15.272)]; ἐκ μεσου κατῆστο sate down apart from the company, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83)]; ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι out of its accustomed quarters, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.142)]; ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν out of sight, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.24)]; ἐξ ὁδοῦ out of the road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 113.)]
A.I.6 with Verbs of Rest, where previous motion is implied, on, in, δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθος..πῦρ lighted a fire from (i.e. on) his helmet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.4)]; ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο washed his body in the river (with water from the river), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.224: frequently with Verbs signifying hang or fasten, σειρήν..ἐξ οὐρανόθεν κρεμάσαντες)] having hung a chain from heaven, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.19)]; ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα he hung his lyre from (i.e. on) the peg, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.67)]; ἀνάπτεσθαι ἔκ τινος fasten from i.e. upon) a thing,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (12.51; μαχαίρας εἶχον ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.598)]; πρισθεὶς ἐξ ἀντύγων gripped to the chariot-rail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1030, etc.)]; ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἵππον ἐπέλκουσα leading it [by a rein] upon her arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12: with Verbs signifying hold, lead, ἐξ ἐκείνων ἔχειν τὰς ἐλπίδας)] to have their hopes dependent upon them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84)]; ἐκ χειρὸς ἄγειν lead by the hand, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 7.2)]; ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 6.2; ἐκ τῆς οὐρᾶς λαμβάνεσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 23: with the _Article_ indicating the place of origin, οἱ ἐκ τῶν νήσων κακοῦργοι)] the robbers of the islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, compare 2.5, 13)]; τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίας those in the sea-fight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32b)]; τοὺς ἐκ τῶν σκηνῶν those in the tents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169; ἁρπασόμενοι τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.5; οἱ ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου ἔθεον [prev. author] “An.” 4.6.25: even with Verbs of sitting or standing, εἰσεῖδε στᾶσ᾽ ἐξ Οὐλύμποιο)] from Olympus where she stood, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.154)]; καθῆσθαι ἐκ πάγων to sit on the heights and look from them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 411; στὰς ἐξ ἐπάλξεων ἄκρων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1009)]; ἐκ βυθοῦ at the bottom, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.40: phrases, ἐκ δεξιᾶς, ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς,)] on the right, left, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.10, etc.; οἱ ἐξ ἐναντίας, οἱ ἐκ πλαγίοὐ [prev. work] 7.1.20)]; ἐκ θαλάσσης, opposed to ἐκ τῆς μεσογείας, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.301.)]
A.I.7 νικᾶν ἔκ τινος win a victory over.., [NT (NT.Rev. 15.2.)]
A.II OF TIME, elliptic with pronoun relative and demonstrative, ἐξ οὗ [χρόνου] since, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.6, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.27, etc.)]; in apodosis, ἐκ τοῦ from that time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.296; ἐκ τούτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.15, etc. (but ἐκ τοῖο)] thereafter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.493, and ἐκ τούτων or ἐκ τῶνδε)] usually after this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 235); ἐξ ἐκείνου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15)]; ἐκ πολλοῦ (i.e. χρόνου) for a long time, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.68, etc.; ἐκ πλέονος χρόνου [prev. author] 8.45; ἐκ πλείστου [prev. work] 68)]; ἐξ ὀλίγου at short notice, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.11)] (but also a short time since, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 28); ἐκ παλαιοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.8; ἐκ παλαιτάτου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18.)]
A.II.2 of particular points of time, ἐκ νεότητος..ἐς γῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.86; ἐκ γενετῆς 24.535)]; ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός, from boyhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 510d, “R.” 374c, etc.; ἐκ μικροῦ παιδαρίου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.19; ἐξ ἀρχῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 284, etc.)]; καύματος ἔξ after hot weather, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.865)]; νέφος ἔρχεται οὐρανὸν εἴσω αἰθέρος ἐκ δίης after clear weather,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (16.365; ἐκ δὲ αἰθρίης καὶ νηνεμίης συνδραμεῖν ἐξαπίνης νέφεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87)]; so (like ἀπό II) ἐκ τῆς θυσίης γενέσθαι to have just finished sacrifice, [Refs ([prev. work] 50)], etc.; ἐκ τοῦ ἀρίστου after breakfast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.21)]; ἐξ εἰρήνης πολεμεῖν to go to war after peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120; γελάσαι ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν δακρύων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.28; κάλλιστον ἦμαρ εἰσιδεῖν ἐκ χείματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 900; τὴν θάλασσαν ἐκ Διονυσίων πλόϊμον εἶναι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 3.3)]; ἐκ χειμῶνος at the end of winter, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 20.)]
A.II.3 at, in, ἐκ νυκτῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.286; ἐκ νυκτός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.2, etc.; ἐξ ἡμέρας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 780; ἐκ μέσω ἄματος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.5)]; ἐκ τοῦ λοιποῦ or ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν for the future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.56, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709e.)]
A.III OF ORIGIN,
A.III.1 of Material, out of or of which things are made, γίγνεταί τι ἔκ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.12; ποιέεσθαι ἐκ ξύλων τὰ πλοῖα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; πίνοντας ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 953; εἶναι ἐξ ἀδάμαντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616c; ἐκ λευκῶ ἐλέφαντος αἰετοί 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.123; στράτευμα ἀλκιμώτατον ἂν γένοιτο ἐκ παιδικῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.32)]; συνετάττετο ἐκ τῶν ἔτι προσιόντων formed line of battle from the troops as they marched up, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.8.14.)]
A.III.2 of Parentage, ἔκ τινος εἶναι, γενέσθαι, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.106, 6.206, etc.)]; ἐκ γὰρ ἐμεῦ γένος ἐσσί (where γένος is accusative [Refs 5th c.BC+ (_absolutely_) 5.896; σῆς ἐξ αἵματός εἰσι γενέθλης 19.111; ὦ παῖ πατρὸς ἐξ Ἀχιλλέως 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 260; πίρωμις ἐκ πιρώμιος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.143; ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 246a; τὸν ἐξ ἐμῆς μητρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 466, etc.)]
A.III.3 of Place of Origin or Birth, ἐκ Σιδῶνος..εὔχομαι εἶναι [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.425, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25, etc.; ἐκ τῶν ἄνω εἰμί NT.John.8.23)]; ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλή the Areopagus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 4.4, etc.; οἱ ἐκ τῆς διατριβῆς ταύτης 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.54)]; οἱ ἐκ τοῦ Περιπάτου the Peripatetics, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 43)]; ὁ ἐξ Ἀκαδημείας the Academic, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.34b; οἱ ἐκ πίστεως NT.Gal.3.7; οἱ ἐξ ἐριθείας NT.Rom.2.8.)]
A.III.4 of the Author or Occasion of a thing, ὄναρ, τιμὴ ἐκ Διός ἐστιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.63, 2.197, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.33, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 707, etc.)]; θάνατος ἐκ μνηστήρων death by the hand of the suitors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.447)]; τὰ ἐξ Ἑλλήνων τείχεα walls built by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.148)]; κίνημα ἐξ αὑτοῦ spontaneous motion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.1.21; ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 331 (Lyric poetry); ἡ ἐξ ἐμοῦ δυσβουλία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 95; ὁ ἐξ ἐμοῦ πόθος [prev. author] “Tr.” 631.)]
A.III.5 with the agent after passive Verbs, by, poetical and early Prose, ἐφίληθεν ἐκ Διός they were beloved of (i.e.by) Zeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.669)]; κήδε᾽ ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 70; προδεδόσθαι ἐκ Πρηξάσπεος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62; τὰ λεχθέντα ἐξ Ἀλεξάνδρου [prev. author] 7.175, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 124 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 93, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.69, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 47b; ἐξ ἁπάντων ἀμφισβητήσεται [prev. author] “Tht.” 171b; ὁμολογουμένους ἐκ πάντων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.1; τὰς ἐκ θεῶν τύχας δοθείσας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1316, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 204c: with _neuter_ Verbs, ἐκ..πατρὸς κακὰ πείσομαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.134, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 759; τλῆναί τι ἔκ τινος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.384; θνήσκειν ἔκ τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 579, “OT” 854, etc.; τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1.)]
A.III.6 of Cause, Instrument, or Means by which a thing is done, ἐκ πατέρων φιλότητος in consequence of our fathers' friendship, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.197; μήνιος ἐξ ὀλοῆς 3.135; ἐξ ἔριδος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.111; τελευτῆσαι ἐκ τοῦ τρώματος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.29)]; ἐκ τίνος λόγο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 548)]; ἐκ το; wherefore? [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hel.” 93; λέξον ἐκ τίνος ἐπλήγης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.4)]; ποιεῖτε ὑμῖν φίλους ἐκ τοῦ Μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας make yourselves friends of (i.e. by means of).., [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Luke.16.9; ζῆν ἔκ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.11 codices; ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τρέφειν ἐμαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.152; ἐκ τόξων ἀνύσαι γαστρὶ φορβάν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 710 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.III.7 in accordance with, ἐκ τῶν λογίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64; ὁ ἐκ τῶν νόμων χρόνος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.28; ἐκ κελεύματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 397, compare 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 25; ἐκ τῶν ξυγκειμένων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.25; ἐκ τῶν παρόντων [prev. work] 40, etc.)]; ἐκ τῶν ἔργων κρινόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.21, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 485.)]
A.III.8 frequently as periphrastic for adverb, ἐκ προνοίας [Refs (“IG” 12.115.11)]; ἐκ βίας by force, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 563; ἐκ δόλου [prev. author] “El.” 279; ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου ζητεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499a: especially with _neuter_ _adjectives_, ἐξ ἀγχιμόλοιο, ={ἀγχίμολον}, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.352; ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανέος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.150)]; ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ, ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.106, 6.73; ἐκ προδήλου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1429)]; ἐξ ἴσου, ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 485, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3; ἐξ ἀέλπτου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111, etc.)]: with feminine adjective, ἐκ τῆς ἰθέης [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.127; ἐκ νέης [prev. author] 5.116; ἐξ ὑστέρης [prev. author] 6.85; ἐκ τῆς ἀντίης [prev. author] 8.6; ἐκ καινῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.92; ἐξ ἑκουσίας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 727; ἐκ ταχείας [prev. work] 395.)]
A.III.9 of Number or Measurement, with numerals, ἐκ τρίτων in the third place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1178, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 500a, “Smp.” 213b)]; distributively, apiece, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.671b.)]
A.III.9.b of Price, ἐξ ὀκτὼ ὀβολῶν [NT (“SIG” 2587.206; ἐκ τριῶν δραχμῶν [prev. work]283; συμφωνήσας ἐκ δηναρίου NT.Matt.20.2.)]
A.III.9.c of Weight, ἐπιπέμματα ἐξ ἡμιχοινικίου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 362 (4th c.BC).)]
A.III.9.d of Space, θινώδης ὢν ὁ τόπος ἐξ εἴκοσι σταδίων by the space of twenty stades, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.19.)]
B ἐκ is frequently separated from its CASE, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.109, etc.)]—It takes an accent in anastrophe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.472, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.518.—_Epic dialect_ use it with _adverbs_ in -θεν, ἐξ οὐρανόθεν, ἐξ ἁλόθεν, ἐξ Αἰσύμηθεν, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.548, 21.335, 8.304; ἐκ Διόθεν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 765; ἐκ πρῴρηθεν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.11.)] —It is combined with other Preps. to make the sense more definite, as διέκ, παρέκ, ὑπέκ.
C IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words), the sense of removal prevails; out, away, off.
C.2 to express completion, like our utterly, ἐκπέρθω, ἐξαλαπάζω, ἐκβαρβαρόω, ἐκδιδάσκω, ἐκδιψάω, ἐκδωριεύομαι, ἐξοπλίζω, ἐξομματόω, ἔκλευκος, ἔκπικρος.
D As adverb, therefrom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.480.)]
before a vowel ἐξ, also
A ἐξ τῳ ϝοίκῳ [Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.5 H., in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. before ς ξ ζ ρ)] and less frequently ; ἐγ- in Inscrr. before β γ δ λ μ ; Cretan dialect and Boeotian dialect ἐς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“Leg.Gort.” 2.49, 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.67)]; ἐχ frequently in Attic dialect Inscrr. before χ φ θ (and in early Inscrr. before ς, [Refs (“IG” 12.304.20); also ἐ Ναυπάκτω [prev. work]9(1).334.8 (_Locrian dialect_); (ἐτ is for ἐπὶ in ib 9(2).517.14 (Thess.)))]:—preposition governing GEN. only (except in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Cypria and 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, with _dative_, “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.5 H. (from Idalium), (in form ἐς) “IG” 5(2).6.49 (Tegea, 4th c.BC)))]:—radical sense, from out of, frequently also simply, from.
A.I OF PLACE, the most frequently usage, variously modified:
A.I.1 of Motion, out of, forth from, ἐκ Πύλου ἐλθὼν τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.269, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c, etc.; μάχης ἔκ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.207; ἂψ ἐκ δυσμενέων ἀνδρῶν 24.288; ἐξ ὀχέων, ἐξ ἕδρης, 3.29, 19.77; φεύγειν ἐκ πολέμοιο 7.119; ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.9; ἐκ χειρῶν γέρας εἵλετο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.344, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1287 (but ἐκ χειρὸς βάλλειν or παίειν)] to strike with a spear in the hand, opposed to ἀντιτοξεύειν or ἀκοντίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.15, “Cyr.” 4.3.16; ἐκ χειρὸς τὴν μάχην ποιεῖσθαι [prev. work] 6.2.16, compare 6.3.24, etc.))]; ἐκ χρυσῶν φιαλῶν πίνειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.3.3; ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ὠνεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 190.)]
A.I.2 ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον I loved her from my heart, with all my heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.343; ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσπάσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.4; μέγαν ἐκ θυμοῦ κλάζοντες Ἄρη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 48 (_anapaest meter_); δακρυχέων ἐκ φρενός [prev. author] “Th.” 919 (_anapaest meter_); οὐδὲν ἐκ σαυτῆς λέγεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 344)]; ἐξ εὐμενῶν στέρνων δέχεσθαι receive with kindly heart, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 486; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν δὲ κἀξ ὀρθῆς φρενός [prev. author] “OT” 528)]; ὀρθὸς ἐξ ὀρθῶν δίφρων with chariot still upright, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 742; ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός [prev. author] “Tr.” 875; ἐξ ἑνὸς ποδός [prev. author] “Ph.” 91.)]
A.I.3 to denote change or succession, frequently with an antithetic repetition of the same word, δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ one evil comes from (or after) another, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.290; ἐκ φόβου φόβον τρέφω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 28)]; πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως ἀμείβειν, ἀλλάττειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 224b, “Plt.” 289e; λόγον ἐκ λόγου λέγειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.313; πόρους ἐκ πόρων ὑπισχνούμενοι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.8; ἀπαλλάττειν τινὰ ἐκ γόων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 291; ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι [prev. author] “Ant.” 437)]: hence, instead of, τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 454; λευκὴν..ἐκ μελαίνης ἀμφιβάλλομαι τρίχα [prev. author] “Ant.” 1093; ἐλεύθερος ἐκ δούλου καὶ πλούσιος ἐκ πτωχοῦ γεγονώς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.131, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.28, etc.)]
A.I.4 to express separation or distinction from a number, ἐκ πολέων πίσυρες four out of many, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.680; μοῦνος ἐξ ἁπάντων σωθῆναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.87)]; εἶναι ἐκ τῶν δυναμένων to be one of the wealthy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 525e)]; ἐμοὶ ἐκ πασέων Ζεὺς ἄλγε᾽ ἔδωκεν to me out of (i.e. above) all, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.431, compare 432; ἐκ πάντων μάλιστα 4.96, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1137 (Lyric poetry), etc.; redundant, εἷς τῶν ἐκ τῶν φίλων σου LXX.Judg.15.2.)]
A.I.5 of Position, outside of, beyond, chiefly in early writers, ἐκ βελέων out of shot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.130, etc.)]; ἐκ καπνοῦ out of the smoke, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.7)]; ἐκ πατρίδος banished from one's country, [Refs (15.272)]; ἐκ μεσου κατῆστο sate down apart from the company, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83)]; ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι out of its accustomed quarters, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.142)]; ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν out of sight, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.24)]; ἐξ ὁδοῦ out of the road, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 113.)]
A.I.6 with Verbs of Rest, where previous motion is implied, on, in, δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθος..πῦρ lighted a fire from (i.e. on) his helmet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.4)]; ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο washed his body in the river (with water from the river), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.224: frequently with Verbs signifying hang or fasten, σειρήν..ἐξ οὐρανόθεν κρεμάσαντες)] having hung a chain from heaven, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.19)]; ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα he hung his lyre from (i.e. on) the peg, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.67)]; ἀνάπτεσθαι ἔκ τινος fasten from i.e. upon) a thing,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (12.51; μαχαίρας εἶχον ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.598)]; πρισθεὶς ἐξ ἀντύγων gripped to the chariot-rail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1030, etc.)]; ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἵππον ἐπέλκουσα leading it [by a rein] upon her arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12: with Verbs signifying hold, lead, ἐξ ἐκείνων ἔχειν τὰς ἐλπίδας)] to have their hopes dependent upon them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84)]; ἐκ χειρὸς ἄγειν lead by the hand, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 7.2)]; ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 6.2; ἐκ τῆς οὐρᾶς λαμβάνεσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 23: with the _Article_ indicating the place of origin, οἱ ἐκ τῶν νήσων κακοῦργοι)] the robbers of the islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, compare 2.5, 13)]; τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίας those in the sea-fight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32b)]; τοὺς ἐκ τῶν σκηνῶν those in the tents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.169; ἁρπασόμενοι τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.5; οἱ ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου ἔθεον [prev. author] “An.” 4.6.25: even with Verbs of sitting or standing, εἰσεῖδε στᾶσ᾽ ἐξ Οὐλύμποιο)] from Olympus where she stood, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.154)]; καθῆσθαι ἐκ πάγων to sit on the heights and look from them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 411; στὰς ἐξ ἐπάλξεων ἄκρων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1009)]; ἐκ βυθοῦ at the bottom, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.40: phrases, ἐκ δεξιᾶς, ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς,)] on the right, left, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.10, etc.; οἱ ἐξ ἐναντίας, οἱ ἐκ πλαγίοὐ [prev. work] 7.1.20)]; ἐκ θαλάσσης, opposed to ἐκ τῆς μεσογείας, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.301.)]
A.I.7 νικᾶν ἔκ τινος win a victory over.., [NT (NT.Rev. 15.2.)]
A.II OF TIME, elliptic with pronoun relative and demonstrative, ἐξ οὗ [χρόνου] since, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.6, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.27, etc.)]; in apodosis, ἐκ τοῦ from that time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.296; ἐκ τούτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.15, etc. (but ἐκ τοῖο)] thereafter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.493, and ἐκ τούτων or ἐκ τῶνδε)] usually after this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 235); ἐξ ἐκείνου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15)]; ἐκ πολλοῦ (i.e. χρόνου) for a long time, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.68, etc.; ἐκ πλέονος χρόνου [prev. author] 8.45; ἐκ πλείστου [prev. work] 68)]; ἐξ ὀλίγου at short notice, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.11)] (but also a short time since, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 28); ἐκ παλαιοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.8; ἐκ παλαιτάτου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18.)]
A.II.2 of particular points of time, ἐκ νεότητος..ἐς γῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.86; ἐκ γενετῆς 24.535)]; ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός, from boyhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 510d, “R.” 374c, etc.; ἐκ μικροῦ παιδαρίου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.19; ἐξ ἀρχῆς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 284, etc.)]; καύματος ἔξ after hot weather, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.865)]; νέφος ἔρχεται οὐρανὸν εἴσω αἰθέρος ἐκ δίης after clear weather,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (16.365; ἐκ δὲ αἰθρίης καὶ νηνεμίης συνδραμεῖν ἐξαπίνης νέφεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87)]; so (like ἀπό II) ἐκ τῆς θυσίης γενέσθαι to have just finished sacrifice, [Refs ([prev. work] 50)], etc.; ἐκ τοῦ ἀρίστου after breakfast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.21)]; ἐξ εἰρήνης πολεμεῖν to go to war after peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120; γελάσαι ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν δακρύων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.28; κάλλιστον ἦμαρ εἰσιδεῖν ἐκ χείματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 900; τὴν θάλασσαν ἐκ Διονυσίων πλόϊμον εἶναι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 3.3)]; ἐκ χειμῶνος at the end of winter, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 20.)]
A.II.3 at, in, ἐκ νυκτῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.286; ἐκ νυκτός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.2, etc.; ἐξ ἡμέρας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 780; ἐκ μέσω ἄματος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.5)]; ἐκ τοῦ λοιποῦ or ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν for the future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.56, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709e.)]
A.III OF ORIGIN,
A.III.1 of Material, out of or of which things are made, γίγνεταί τι ἔκ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.12; ποιέεσθαι ἐκ ξύλων τὰ πλοῖα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; πίνοντας ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 953; εἶναι ἐξ ἀδάμαντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616c; ἐκ λευκῶ ἐλέφαντος αἰετοί 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.123; στράτευμα ἀλκιμώτατον ἂν γένοιτο ἐκ παιδικῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.32)]; συνετάττετο ἐκ τῶν ἔτι προσιόντων formed line of battle from the troops as they marched up, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.8.14.)]
A.III.2 of Parentage, ἔκ τινος εἶναι, γενέσθαι, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.106, 6.206, etc.)]; ἐκ γὰρ ἐμεῦ γένος ἐσσί (where γένος is accusative [Refs 5th c.BC+ (_absolutely_) 5.896; σῆς ἐξ αἵματός εἰσι γενέθλης 19.111; ὦ παῖ πατρὸς ἐξ Ἀχιλλέως 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 260; πίρωμις ἐκ πιρώμιος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.143; ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 246a; τὸν ἐξ ἐμῆς μητρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 466, etc.)]
A.III.3 of Place of Origin or Birth, ἐκ Σιδῶνος..εὔχομαι εἶναι [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.425, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25, etc.; ἐκ τῶν ἄνω εἰμί NT.John.8.23)]; ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλή the Areopagus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 4.4, etc.; οἱ ἐκ τῆς διατριβῆς ταύτης 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.54)]; οἱ ἐκ τοῦ Περιπάτου the Peripatetics, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 43)]; ὁ ἐξ Ἀκαδημείας the Academic, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.34b; οἱ ἐκ πίστεως NT.Gal.3.7; οἱ ἐξ ἐριθείας NT.Rom.2.8.)]
A.III.4 of the Author or Occasion of a thing, ὄναρ, τιμὴ ἐκ Διός ἐστιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.63, 2.197, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.33, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 707, etc.)]; θάνατος ἐκ μνηστήρων death by the hand of the suitors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.447)]; τὰ ἐξ Ἑλλήνων τείχεα walls built by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.148)]; κίνημα ἐξ αὑτοῦ spontaneous motion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.1.21; ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 331 (Lyric poetry); ἡ ἐξ ἐμοῦ δυσβουλία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 95; ὁ ἐξ ἐμοῦ πόθος [prev. author] “Tr.” 631.)]
A.III.5 with the agent after passive Verbs, by, poetical and early Prose, ἐφίληθεν ἐκ Διός they were beloved of (i.e.by) Zeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.669)]; κήδε᾽ ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 70; προδεδόσθαι ἐκ Πρηξάσπεος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62; τὰ λεχθέντα ἐξ Ἀλεξάνδρου [prev. author] 7.175, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 124 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 93, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.69, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 47b; ἐξ ἁπάντων ἀμφισβητήσεται [prev. author] “Tht.” 171b; ὁμολογουμένους ἐκ πάντων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.1; τὰς ἐκ θεῶν τύχας δοθείσας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1316, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 204c: with _neuter_ Verbs, ἐκ..πατρὸς κακὰ πείσομαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.134, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 759; τλῆναί τι ἔκ τινος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.384; θνήσκειν ἔκ τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 579, “OT” 854, etc.; τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1.)]
A.III.6 of Cause, Instrument, or Means by which a thing is done, ἐκ πατέρων φιλότητος in consequence of our fathers' friendship, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.197; μήνιος ἐξ ὀλοῆς 3.135; ἐξ ἔριδος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.111; τελευτῆσαι ἐκ τοῦ τρώματος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.29)]; ἐκ τίνος λόγο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 548)]; ἐκ το; wherefore? [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hel.” 93; λέξον ἐκ τίνος ἐπλήγης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.4)]; ποιεῖτε ὑμῖν φίλους ἐκ τοῦ Μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας make yourselves friends of (i.e. by means of).., [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Luke.16.9; ζῆν ἔκ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.11 codices; ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τρέφειν ἐμαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.152; ἐκ τόξων ἀνύσαι γαστρὶ φορβάν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 710 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.III.7 in accordance with, ἐκ τῶν λογίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64; ὁ ἐκ τῶν νόμων χρόνος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.28; ἐκ κελεύματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 397, compare 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 25; ἐκ τῶν ξυγκειμένων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.25; ἐκ τῶν παρόντων [prev. work] 40, etc.)]; ἐκ τῶν ἔργων κρινόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.21, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 485.)]
A.III.8 frequently as periphrastic for adverb, ἐκ προνοίας [Refs (“IG” 12.115.11)]; ἐκ βίας by force, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 563; ἐκ δόλου [prev. author] “El.” 279; ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου ζητεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499a: especially with _neuter_ _adjectives_, ἐξ ἀγχιμόλοιο, ={ἀγχίμολον}, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.352; ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανέος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.150)]; ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ, ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.106, 6.73; ἐκ προδήλου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1429)]; ἐξ ἴσου, ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 485, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3; ἐξ ἀέλπτου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111, etc.)]: with feminine adjective, ἐκ τῆς ἰθέης [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.127; ἐκ νέης [prev. author] 5.116; ἐξ ὑστέρης [prev. author] 6.85; ἐκ τῆς ἀντίης [prev. author] 8.6; ἐκ καινῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.92; ἐξ ἑκουσίας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 727; ἐκ ταχείας [prev. work] 395.)]
A.III.9 of Number or Measurement, with numerals, ἐκ τρίτων in the third place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1178, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 500a, “Smp.” 213b)]; distributively, apiece, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.671b.)]
A.III.9.b of Price, ἐξ ὀκτὼ ὀβολῶν [NT (“SIG” 2587.206; ἐκ τριῶν δραχμῶν [prev. work]283; συμφωνήσας ἐκ δηναρίου NT.Matt.20.2.)]
A.III.9.c of Weight, ἐπιπέμματα ἐξ ἡμιχοινικίου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 362 (4th c.BC).)]
A.III.9.d of Space, θινώδης ὢν ὁ τόπος ἐξ εἴκοσι σταδίων by the space of twenty stades, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.19.)]
B ἐκ is frequently separated from its CASE, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.109, etc.)]—It takes an accent in anastrophe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.472, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.518.—_Epic dialect_ use it with _adverbs_ in -θεν, ἐξ οὐρανόθεν, ἐξ ἁλόθεν, ἐξ Αἰσύμηθεν, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.548, 21.335, 8.304; ἐκ Διόθεν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 765; ἐκ πρῴρηθεν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.11.)] —It is combined with other Preps. to make the sense more definite, as διέκ, παρέκ, ὑπέκ.
C IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words), the sense of removal prevails; out, away, off.
C.2 to express completion, like our utterly, ἐκπέρθω, ἐξαλαπάζω, ἐκβαρβαρόω, ἐκδιδάσκω, ἐκδιψάω, ἐκδωριεύομαι, ἐξοπλίζω, ἐξομματόω, ἔκλευκος, ἔκπικρος.
D As adverb, therefrom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.480.)]