ἐξάλλομαι,
fut. -ᾰλοῦμαι LXX [Mic 2:12]: aor. -ηλόμην S. OT 1311 (lyr.), -ηλάμην Luc. Asin. 53, Dor. -άλατο Theoc. (v. infr.); aor. part. -άλμενος (v. infr.): -
I
1. leap out of or forth from, ἐξάλλεται αὐλῆς, of a lion, Il. 5.142: elsewh. used by Hom. only in aor. part. ἐξάλμενος, abs., 15.571: c. gen., προμάχων ἐξάλμενος, τῶν ἄλλων ἐ. springing out from the midst of.., 17.342, 23.399 (not in Od.); ἐξάλατο ναός Theoc. 17.100; ἐ. κατὰ τοῦ τείχους leap down off.., X. HG 7.2.6: abs., jump, hop off, Ar. V. 130, [Act 3:8]; ὦ δαῖμον, ἵν’ ἐξήλου; to what point didst thou leap forth, i.e. to what misery hast thou come ? S. OT 1311 (lyr.); of fish, leap out of the water, Arist. HA 602a29, cf. 528a32.
2. start from its socket, be dislocated, of a limb, ἐ. ἔξαλσιν Hp. Art. 46; of a broken bone, Plu. 2.341b; of wheels, start from the axle, X. Cyr. 7.1.32.
II
1. leap up, Id. An. 7.3.33; μήκιστα ἐ. Ph. 1.318; of horses, rear, X. Cyr. 7.1.27.
2. ἐξάλλετο γαστήρ swelled, became distended, Call. Cer. 88 (s. v.l.).
3. metaph., ἐ. πρός τι fly off to, have recourse to, Plu. 2.382e.