ἔξοδος
(A), ἡ,
I
1. 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
1. 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. 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
1. 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, [Luk 9:31]; [Luk 9:1-62]:[2Pe 1:15], Arr. Epict. 4.4.38.
2. end, issue of an argument, Pl. Prt. 361a. 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. 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. street, LXX [2Sa 22:43].
ἔξοδος
(B), ον, promoting the passage, λίθων Aret. CD 2.3.
G1841 — ἔξοδος
ἐξόδου, ἡ (ὁδός), exit, i. e. departure: [Heb 11:22]; metaphorically, ἡ ἔξοδος τίνος the close of one's career, one's final fate, [Luk 9:31]; departure from life, decease: [2Pe 1:15], as in Wis. 3:2 Wis. 7:6; (Philo de caritate § 4); with addition of τοῦ ζῆν, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 2; (of τοῦ βίου, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, § 105).