- ἐξαιρέω
- ἐξ-αιρέω, aor. 2 ἐξεῖλον and ἔξελον, mid. ipf. ἐξαιρεύμην, aor. ἐξειλόμην, -ελόμην: take out or away, select, choose from, mid., for oneself; ἔνθεν ἔξελε πέπλους, Il. 24.229; ἣν ἄρα μοι γέρας ἔξελον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν, Il. 16.56; mid., φαρέτρης ἐξείλετο πικρὸν ὀιστόν, Il. 8.323; (Βρισηίδα) ἐκ Λυρνησσοῦ ἐξείλετο, here not of choosing but of taking away, Il. 2.690; cf. Il. 11.704; so of taking away one's life, θῦμόν, Il. 15.460, Il. 19.137, Od. 11.201; φρένας, ‘wits,’ Il. 6.234; of ‘choosing,’ Il. 9.130, , Od. 14.232.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.