ἐκβολή ἐκβολή, ἡ, ἐκβάλλω a throwing out, ψήφων ἐκβ. turning the votes out of the urn, Aesch. a throwing the cargo overboard, Aesch. ejectment, banishment, Aesch., Plat. a letting fall, δακρύων Eur. a bringing forth:— ἐκβ. σίτου the time when the corn comes into ear, Thuc. (from intr. signf. of ἐκβάλλω) a going out, outlet, Lat. exitus, ἐκβ. ποταμοῦ the discharge of a river from between mountains, Hdt.: a mountain-pass, Hdt.: the mouth of a river, Thuc. ἐκβ. λόγου a digression, Thuc. (from Pass.), that which is cast out, ἐκβ. δικέλλης earth cast or scraped up by a hoe or mattock, Soph.; οὐρεία ἐκβολή children exposed on the mountains, Eur. a cargo cast overboard, ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, Eur.