eijwqovtw"
eijwqovtw" , Adv. of ei[wqa , in customary wise, as usual, Soph ., Plat.
eijw`si
eijw`si , Ep. for ejw`si , 3 pl. of ejavw .
ei{w"
ei{w" , Ep. for e{w" .
ejk, jEK
jEK , before a vowel jEX , and jEG before b g dl m :— Prep. governing G EN. only, Lat. e, ex : —Radical sense, from out of, opp. to eij" :
I.
OF
P
LACE
:
1.
of Motion,
out of, forth from,
Hom
.,
etc.
:
ejk qumou` fivleon
I loved her
from
my heart,
with all
my heart, Il.
2. to denote change from one place or condition to another, kako;n ejk kakou` one evil from (or after) another, Ib.; lovgon ejk lovgou levgein Dem.
3.
to express distinction
from a number,
ejk povlewn pivsure"
four
out of
many, Il.
4.
of Position, like
e[xw
,
outside of, beyond,
ejk belevwn
out of
shot, Ib.;
ejk kapnou`
out of
the smoke, Od.
5.
with Verbs of Rest,
ejk potamou` crova nivzeto
washed his body
with water from
the river, Ib.:—with Verbs signifying
to hang
or
fasten,
ejk passalovfi krevmasen fovrmigga
he hung his lyre
from
(i.e.
on)
the peg, Ib.;
ejk tou` bracivono" ejpevlkousa
leading it [by a rein]
upon
her arm,
Hdt.
:—also,
sitting
or
standing,
sta`sÆ ejx Oujluvmpoio
from
Olympus where she stood, Il.;
kaqh`sqai ejk pavgwn
to sit
on
the heights and look
from
them,
Soph.
II. OF T IME , ejx ou| or ejx ou|te »crovnou1/4 , Lat. ex quo , since, Hom ., Att. ; ejk tou` or ejk toi`o from that time, Il.; ejk pollou` ( sc. crovnou ) for a long time, Thuc.
2. of particular points of time, ejk nevou or ejk paidov" from boyhood; ejx ajrch`" , etc. ; so, ejk qusiva" genevsqai to have just finished sacrifice, Hdt. ; ejk tou` ajrivstou after breakfast, Xen.
3.
when we say
in
or
by,
ejk nuktw`n
Od.;
ejk nuktov"
Xen
.,
etc.
III.
OF
O
RIGIN
,
1.
of the Material,
out of
or
of
which things are made,
poiei`sqai ejk xuvlwn ta; ploi`a
Hdt.
2.
of the Father,
e[k tino" ei\nai, genevsqai, fu`nai
,
etc.
, Il.;
ajgaqoi; kai; ejx ajgaqkwn
Plat.
3.
of the Author or Occasion of a thing,
o[nar ejk Diov" ejstin
Il.;
qavnato" ejk mnhsthvrwn
death
by the hand of
the suitors, Od.;
ta; ejx \Ellhvnwn teivcea
walls
built by them,
Hdt.
4. with the agent after Pass. Verbs, where uJpov is more common, ejfivlhqen ejk Diov" they were belove of
(i.e. by) Zeus, Il.
5. of the Cause, Instrument or Means by which a thing is done, ejk patevrwn filovthto" in consequence of our fathers friendship, Od.; so, ejk tivno" ; ejk tou` ; wherefore? Eur .; poiei`te uJmi`n fivlou" ejk tou` Mamwna` th`" ajdikiva" make yourselves friends of (i.e. by means of), N.T.
6.
from,
i.e.
according to,
ejk tw`n logivwn
according to
the oracles,
Hdt.
;
ejk novmwn
Aesch.
7.
periphr. for an
Adv.
, (as in
Lat.
ex consulto, ex composito
),
ejk biva"
by
force, =
biaivw"
,
Soph.
;
ejk tou` fanerou`
=
fanerw`"
,
Thuc.
,
etc.
8. with numerals, ejk trivtou in the third place, Eur.