ἐκβολ-ή, ἡ, (ἐκβάλλω)
I
1. throwing out, ψήφων ἐ. casting the votes out of the urn, A. Eu. 748.
2. jettisoning of cargo, Id. Th. 769 (lyr.), Arist. EN 1110a9, [Act 27:18] (but simply, unloading, Sammelb. 1207): metaph., ἐ. τῆς δόξης casting out of it, getting rid of it, Pl. Sph. 230b, R. 412e; ἐ. ἐλέου Aphth. Prog. 7, cf. Diog.Oen. 4.
II
1. expulsion, banishment, A. Supp. 421 (lyr., pl.); μετὰ τὴν τῶν τυράννων ἐ. Arist. Pol. 1275b36; ἐκβολαὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Pl. Lg. 847b; dislodgement, ejection, Plb. 4.8.4.
2. divorce, repudiation, γυναικός Lib. Decl. 26.45.
III
1. letting fall or drop, δακρύων ἐκβολαί E. HF 742 (lyr.); ἐ. [ὀδόντων] casting or shedding of teeth, Arist. GA 789a15. expulsion of a foetus, Hp. Mul. 1.78.
2. ἐ. σίτου the time when the corn comes into ear, Th. 4.1.
3. shoot, καυλοῦ Dsc. 3.114.
1. putting out of a joint, dislocation, ἐκβολαὶ τῶν ἄρθρων Plu. 2.164f. putting forth, exposing, μαστῶν Plb. 2.56.7. debouchure, outlet, ἐ. Πηνειοῦ Hdt. 7.128; mouth of a river, in pl., Th. 2.102; in sg., Id. 7.35, Pl. Phd. 113a: pass leading out of a chain of mountains, αἱ ἐκβολαὶ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος Hdt. 9.38.
2. by-way, ἐ. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς εὐθείας Paus. 3.10.7: metaph., ἐ. λόγου digression, Th. 1.97, Philostr. Her. 19.14 (pl.), etc.
3. close of a verse, Eust. 900.24.
4. projection, στόματος a snout, Philostr.Jun. Im. 12. (from Pass.),
1. that which is cast out, δικέλλης ἐ. earth thrown up by a mattock, upcast, S. Ant. 250; οὐρεία ἐ. children cast or exposed on the mountains, E. Hec. 1079 (anap.).
2. cargo thrown overboard, jetsam, πλὴν ἐκβολῆς, ἣν ἂν..ἐκβάλωνται Syngr. ap. D. 35.11; so ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, E. IT 1424. in Music, interval of five διέσεις, Plu. 2.1141b, Bacch. Harm. 42, Aristid.Quint. 1.10. = cross ἐκβολάς I, Str. 14.5.28.
G1546 — ἐκβολή
ἐκβολης, ἡ (ἐκβάλλω);
a. a casting out.
b. specifically, the throwing overboard of goods and lading whereby sailors lighten a ship in a storm to keep her from sinking (Aeschylus sept. 769; Aristotle, eth. Nic. 3, 1, 5 (p. 1110{a}, 9); Lucian, de merc. cond. 1): ποιεῖσθαι ἐκβολήν, Latinjacturam facere, to throw the cargo overboard, [Act 27:18]; with τῶν σκευῶν added, the Sept. [Jon 1:5]; τῶν φορτιων, Pollux 1, 99, p. 70, Hemsterh edition.