A). ἐξ τῳ vοίκῳ Inscr.Cypr. 135.5 H., in Att. Inscrr. before ς ξ ζ ρ and less freq. λ ; ἐγ- in Inscrr. before β γ δ λ μ ν ; Cret. and Boeot. ἐς Leg.Gort. 2.49 , Corinn. Supp. 2.67 ; ἐχ freq. in Att. Inscrr. before χ φ θ (and in early Inscrr. before ς, IG 12.304.20 ); also ἐ Ναυπάκτω ib. 9(1).334.8 ( Locr.) ;(ἐτ is for ἐπὶ in ib 9(2).517.14 (Thess.)):—Prep. governing GEN. only (exc. in Cypr. and Arc., c. dat., Inscr.Cypr. 135.5 H. (Idalium), (in form ἐς) IG 5(2).6.49 (Tegea, iv B.C.)):—radical sense, from out of, freq. also simply, from.

I). OF PLACE, the most freq. usage, variously modified :

1). of Motion, out of, forth from, ἐκ Πύλου ἐλθὼν τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης Il. 1.269 , cf. Pl. Prt. 321c , etc.; μάχης ἔκ Il. 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 X. Cyr. 6.2.9 ; ἐκ χειρῶν γέρας εἵλετο Il. 9.344 , cf. S. Ph. 1287 (but ἐκ χειρὸς βάλλειν or παίειν to strike with a spear in the hand, opp. ἀντιτοξεύειν or ἀκοντίζειν, X. An. 3.3.15 , Cyr. 4.3.16 ; ἐκ χειρὸς τὴν μάχην ποιεῖσθαι ib. 6.2.16 , cf. 6.3.24 , etc.); ἐκ χρυσῶν φιαλῶν πίνειν ib. 5.3.3 ; ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ὠνεῖσθαι Pl.Com. 190 .

2). ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον I loved her from my heart, with all my heart, Il. 9.343 ; ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσπάσασθαι X. Oec. 10.4 ; μέγαν ἐκ θυμοῦ κλάζοντες Ἄρη A. Ag. 48 (anap.); δακρυχέων ἐκ φρενός Id. Th. 919 (anap.); οὐδὲν ἐκ σαυτῆς λέγεις S. El. 344 ; ἐξ εὐμενῶν στέρνων δέχεσθαι receive with kindly heart, Id. OC 486 ; ἐξ ὀμμάτων ὀρθῶν δὲ κἀξ ὀρθῆς φρενός Id. OT 528 ; ὀρθὸς ἐξ ὀρθῶν δίφρων with chariot still upright, Id. El. 742 ; ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός Id. Tr. 875 ; ἐξ ἑνὸς ποδός Id. Ph. 91 .

3). to denote change or succession, freq. with an antithetic repetition of the same word, δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ one evil comes from (or after) another, Il. 19.290 ; ἐκ φόβου φόβον τρέφω S. Tr. 28 ; πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως ἀμείβειν, ἀλλάττειν, Pl. Sph. 224b , Plt. 289e ; λόγον ἐκ λόγου λέγειν D. 18.313 ; πόρους ἐκ πόρων ὑπισχνούμενοι Alciphr. 1.8 ; ἀπαλλάττειν τινὰ ἐκ γόων S. El. 291 ; ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι Id. Ant. 437 : hence, instead of, τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος Id. OT 454 ; λευκὴν..ἐκ μελαίνης ἀμφιβάλλομαι τρίχα Id. Ant. 1093 ; ἐλεύθερος ἐκ δούλου καὶ πλούσιος ἐκ πτωχοῦ γεγονώς D. 18.131 , cf. X. An. 7.7.28 , etc.

4). to express separation or distinction from a number, ἐκ πολέων πίσυρες four out of many, Il. 15.680 ; μοῦνος ἐξ ἁπάντων σωθῆναι Hdt. 5.87 ; εἶναι ἐκ τῶν δυναμένων to be one of the wealthy, Pl. Grg. 525e ; ἐμοὶ ἐκ πασέων Ζεὺς ἄλγε’ ἔδωκεν to me out of (i.e. above) all, Il. 18.431 , cf. 432 ; ἐκ πάντων μάλιστα 4.96 , cf. S. Ant. 1137 (lyr.), etc.; redundant, εἷς τῶν ἐκ τῶν φίλων σου LXX Jd. 15.2 .

5). of Position, outside of, beyond, chiefly in early writers, ἐκ βελέων out of shot, Il. 14.130 , etc.; ἐκ καπνοῦ out of the smoke, Od. 19.7 ; ἐκ πατρίδος banished from one's country, 15.272 ; ἐκ μεσου κατῆστο sate down apart from the company, Hdt. 3.83 ; ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι out of its accustomed quarters, Id. 2.142 ; ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν out of sight, Id. 5.24 ; ἐξ ὁδοῦ out of the road, S. OC 113 .

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, Il. 5.4 ; ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα vίζετο washed his body in the river (with water from the river), Od. 6.224 : freq. with Verbs signifying hang or fasten, σειρήν..ἐξ οὐρανόθεν κρεμάσαντες having hung a chain from heaven, Il. 8.19 ; ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα he hung his lyre from (i.e. on) the peg, Od. 8.67 ; ἀνάπτεσθαι ἔκ τινος fasten from i.e. upon) a thing, 12.51 ; μαχαίρας εἶχον ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων Il. 18.598 ; πρισθεὶς ἐξ ἀντύγων gripped to the chariot-rail, S. Aj. 1030 , etc.; ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἵππον ἐπέλκουσα leading it [by a rein] upon her arm, Hdt. 5.12 : with Verbs signifying hold, lead, ἐξ ἐκείνων ἔχειν τὰς ἐλπίδας to have their hopes dependent upon them, Th. 1.84 ; ἐκ χειρὸς ἄγειν lead by the hand, Bion Fr. 7.2 ; ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαι ib. 6.2 ; ἐκ τῆς οὐρᾶς λαμβάνεσθαι Luc. Asin. 23 : with the Art. indicating the place of origin, οἱ ἐκ τῶν νήσων κακοῦργοι the robbers of the islands, Th. 1.8 , cf. 2.5 , 13 ; τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίας those in the sea-fight, Pl. Ap. 32b ; τοὺς ἐκ τῶν σκηνῶν those in the tents, D. 18.169 ; ἁρπασόμενοι τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν X. Cyr. 7.2.5 ; οἱ ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου ἔθεον Id. An. 4.6.25 : even with Verbs of sitting or standing, εἰσεῖδε στᾶσ’ ἐξ Οὐλύμποιο from Olympus where she stood, Il. 14.154 ; καθῆσθαι ἐκ πάγων to sit on the heights and look from them, S. Ant. 411 ; στὰς ἐξ ἐπάλξεων ἄκρων E. Ph. 1009 ; ἐκ βυθοῦ at the bottom, Theoc. 22.40 : phrases, ἐκ δεξιᾶς, ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς, on the right, left, X. Cyr. 8.3.10 , etc.; οἱ ἐξ ἐναντίας, οἱ ἐκ πλαγίοὐ ib. 7.1.20 ; ἐκ θαλάσσης, opp. ἐκ τῆς μεσογείας, D. 18.301 .

7). νικᾶν ἔκ τινος win a victory over.., Apoc. 15.2 .

II). OF TIME, elliptic with Pron. relat. and demonstr., ἐξ οὗ [χρόνου] since, Il. 1.6 , Od. 2.27 , etc.; in apod., ἐκ τοῦ from that time, Il. 8.296 ; ἐκ τούτου X. An. 5.8.15 , etc. (but ἐκ τοῖο thereafter, Il. 1.493 , and ἐκ τούτων or ἐκ τῶνδε usu. after this, X. Mem. 2.9.4 , S. OT 235 ); ἐξ ἐκείνου Th. 2.15 ; ἐκ πολλοῦ (sc. χρόνου) for a long time, Id. 1.68 , etc.; ἐκ πλέονος χρόνου Id. 8.45 ; ἐκ πλείστου ib. 68 ; ἐξ ὀλίγου at short notice, Id. 2.11 (but also a short time since, Plu. Caes. 28 ); ἐκ παλαιοῦ X. Mem. 3.5.8 ; ἐκ παλαιτάτου Th. 1.18 .

2). of particular points of time, ἐκ νεότητος..ἐς γῆρας Il. 14.86 ; ἐκ γενετῆς 24.535 ; ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός, from boyhood, Pl. Grg. 510d , R. 374c , etc.; ἐκ μικροῦ παιδαρίου D. 53.19 ; ἐξ ἀρχῆς A. Eu. 284 , etc.; καύματος ἔξ after hot weather, Il. 5.865 ; νέφος ἔρχεται οὐρανὸν εἴσω αἰθέρος ἐκ δίης after clear weather, 16.365 ; ἐκ δὲ αἰθρίης καὶ νηνεμίης συνδραμεῖν ἐξαπίνης νέφεα Hdt. 1.87 ; so (like ἀπό II) ἐκ τῆς θυσίης γενέσθαι to have just finished sacrifice, ib. 50 , etc.; ἐκ τοῦ ἀρίστου after breakfast, X. An. 4.6.21 ; ἐξ εἰρήνης πολεμεῖν to go to war after peace, Th. 1.120 ; γελάσαι ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν δακρύων X. Cyr. 1.4.28 ; κάλλιστον ἦμαρ εἰσιδεῖν ἐκ χείματος A. Ag. 900 ; τὴν θάλασσαν ἐκ Διονυσίων πλόϊμον εἶναι Thphr. Char. 3.3 ; ἐκ χειμῶνος at the end of winter, Plu. Nic. 20 .

3). at, in, ἐκ νυκτῶν Od. 12.286 ; ἐκ νυκτός X. Cyr. 1.4.2 , etc.; ἐξ ἡμέρας S. El. 780 ; ἐκ μέσω ἄματος Theoc. 10.5 ; ἐκ τοῦ λοιποῦ or ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν for the future, X. Smp. 4.56 , Pl. Lg. 709e .

III). OF ORIGIN,

1). of Material, out of or of which things are made, γίγνεταί τι ἔκ τινος Parm. 8.12 ; ποιέεσθαι ἐκ ξύλων τὰ πλοῖα Hdt. 1.194 ; πίνοντας ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ A. Supp. 953 ; εἶναι ἐξ ἀδάμαντος Pl. R. 616c ; ἐκ λευκῶ ἐλέφαντος αἰετοί Theoc. 15.123 ; στράτευμα ἀλκιμώτατον ἂν γένοιτο ἐκ παιδικῶν X. Smp. 8.32 ; συνετάττετο ἐκ τῶν ἔτι προσιόντων formed line of battle from the troops as they marched up, Id. An. 1.8.14 .

2). of Parentage, ἔκ τινος εἶναι, γενέσθαι, etc., Il. 20.106 , 6.206 , etc.; ἐκ γὰρ ἐμεῦ γένος ἐσσί (where γένος is acc. abs.) 5.896 ; σῆς ἐξ αἵματός εἰσι γενέθλης 19.111 ; ὦ παῖ πατρὸς ἐξ Ἀχιλλέως S. Ph. 260 ; πίρωμις ἐκ πιρώμιος Hdt. 2.143 ; ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν Pl. Phdr. 246a ; τὸν ἐξ ἐμῆς μητρός S. Ant. 466 , etc.

3). of Place of Origin or Birth, ἐκ Σιδῶνος..εὔχομαι εἶναι Od. 15.425 , cf. Th. 1.25 , etc.; ἐκ τῶν ἄνω εἰμί Ev.Jo. 8.23 ; ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλή the Areopagus, Arist. Ath. 4.4 , etc.; οἱ ἐκ τῆς διατριβῆς ταύτης Aeschin. 1.54 ; οἱ ἐκ τοῦ Περιπάτου the Peripatetics, Luc. Pisc. 43 ; ὁ ἐξ Ἀκαδημείας the Academic, Ath. 1.34b ; οἱ ἐκ πίστεως Ep.Gal. 3.7 ; οἱ ἐξ ἐριθείας Ep.Rom. 2.8 .

4). of the Author or Occasion of a thing, ὄναρ, τιμὴ ἐκ Διός ἐστιν, Il. 1.63 , 2.197 , cf. Od. 1.33 , A. Pers. 707 , etc.; θάνατος ἐκ μνηστήρων death by the hand of the suitors, Od. 16.447 ; τὰ ἐξ Ἑλλήνων τείχεα walls built by them, Hdt. 2.148 ; κίνημα ἐξ αὑτοῦ spontaneous motion, Plot. 6.1.21 ; ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων A. Eu. 331 (lyr.); ἡ ἐξ ἐμοῦ δυσβουλία S. Ant. 95 ; ὁ ἐξ ἐμοῦ πόθος Id. Tr. 631 .

5). with the agent after Pass. Verbs, by, Poet. and early Prose, ἐφίληθεν ἐκ Διός they were beloved of (i.e.by) Zeus, Il. 2.669 ; κήδε’ ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός ib. 70 ; προδεδόσθαι ἐκ Πρηξάσπεος Hdt. 3.62 ; τὰ λεχθέντα ἐξ Ἀλεξάνδρου Id. 7.175 , cf. S. El. 124 (lyr.), Ant. 93 , Th. 3.69 , Pl. Ti. 47b ; ἐξ ἁπάντων ἀμφισβητήσεται Id. Tht. 171b ; ὁμολογουμένους ἐκ πάντων X. An. 2.6.1 ; τὰς ἐκ θεῶν τύχας δοθείσας S. Ph. 1316 , cf. Pl. Ly. 204c : with neut. Verbs, ἐκ..πατρὸς κακὰ πείσομαι Od. 2.134 , cf. A. Pr. 759 ; τλῆναί τι ἔκ τινος Il. 5.384 ; θνήσκειν ἔκ τινος S. El. 579 , OT 854 , etc.; τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων Hdt. 1.1 .

6). of Cause, Instrument, or Means by which a thing is done, ἐκ πατέρων φιλότητος in consequence of our fathers' friendship, Od. 15.197 ; μήνιος ἐξ ὀλοῆς 3.135 ; ἐξ ἔριδος Il. 7.111 ; τελευτῆσαι ἐκ τοῦ τρώματος Hdt. 3.29 ; ἐκ τίνος λόγου; E. Andr. 548 ; ἐκ τοῦ; wherefore? Id. Hel. 93 ; λέξον ἐκ τίνος ἐπλήγης X. An. 5.8.4 ; ποιεῖτε ὑμῖν φίλους ἐκ τοῦ Μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας make yourselves friends of (i.e. by means of).., Ev.Luc. 16.9 ; ζῆν ἔκ τινος X. HG 3.2.11 codd.; ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τρέφειν ἐμαυτόν Isoc. 15.152 ; ἐκ τόξων ἀνύσαι γαστρὶ φορβάν S. Ph. 710 (lyr.).

7). in accordance with, ἐκ τῶν λογίων Hdt. 1.64 ; ὁ ἐκ τῶν νόμων χρόνος D. 24.28 ; ἐκ κελεύματος A. Pers. 397 , cf. Sophr. 25 ; ἐκ τῶν ξυγκειμένων Th. 5.25 ; ἐκ τῶν παρόντων ib. 40 , etc.; ἐκ τῶν ἔργων κρινόμενοι X. Cyr. 2.2.21 , cf. A. Pr. 485 .

8). freq. as periphr. for Adv., ἐκ προνοίας IG 12.115.11 ; ἐκ βίας by force, S. Ph. 563 ; ἐκ δόλου Id. El. 279 ; ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου ζητεῖν Pl. R. 499a : esp. with neut. Adjs., ἐξ ἀγχιμόλοιο, = ἀγχίμολον , Il. 24.352 ; ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανέος Hdt. 3.150 ; ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ, ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς, Th. 4.106 , 6.73 ; ἐκ προδήλου S. El. 1429 ; ἐξ ἴσου, ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου, Id. Tr. 485 , Th. 2.3 ; ἐξ ἀέλπτου Hdt. 1.111 , etc.: with fem. Adj., ἐκ τῆς ἰθέης Id. 3.127 ; ἐκ νέης Id. 5.116 ; ἐξ ὑστέρης Id. 6.85 ; ἐκ τῆς ἀντίης Id. 8.6 ; ἐκ καινῆς Th. 3.92 ; ἐξ ἑκουσίας S. Tr. 727 ; ἐκ ταχείας ib. 395 .

9). of Number or Measurement, with numerals, ἐκ τρίτων in the third place, E. Or. 1178 , Pl. Grg. 500a , Smp. 213b ; distributively, apiece, Ath. 15.671b .

b). of Price, ἐξ ὀκτὼ ὀβολῶν SIG 2587.206 ; ἐκ τριῶν δραχμῶν ib. 283 ; συμφωνήσας ἐκ δηναρίου Ev.Matt. 20.2 .

c). of Weight, ἐπιπέμματα ἐξ ἡμιχοινικίου Inscr.Prien. 362 (iv B.C.).

d). of Space, θινώδης ὢν ὁ τόπος ἐξ εἴκοσι σταδίων by the space of twenty stades, Str. 8.3.19 .

B). ἐκ is freq. separated from its CASE, Il. 11.109 , etc.—It takes an accent in anastrophe, 14.472 , Od. 17.518 .— Ep. use it with Advbs. in -θεν, ἐξ οὐρανόθεν, ἐξ ἁλόθεν, ἐξ Αἰσύμηθεν, Il. 17.548 , 21.335 , 8.304 ; ἐκ Διόθεν Hes. Op. 765 ; ἐκ πρῴρηθεν Theoc. 22.11 .—It is combined with other Preps. to make the sense more definite, as διέκ, παρέκ, ὑπέκ.

C). IN COMPO S. the sense of removal prevails ; out, away, off.

2). to express completion, like our utterly, ἐκπέρθω, ἐξαλαπάζω, ἐκβαρβαρόω, ἐκδιδάσκω, ἐκδιψάω, ἐκδωριεύομαι, ἐξοπλίζω, ἐξομματόω, ἔκλευκος, ἔκπικρος.

D). As ADVERB, therefrom, Il. 18.480 .