2.jettisoning of cargo, Id.Th.769 (lyr.), Arist.EN1110a9, Act.Ap.27.18 (but simply, unloading, Sammelb.1207): metaph., ἐ. τῆς δόξης casting out of it, getting rid of it, Pl.Sph.230b, R.412e; “ἐ. ἐλέου” Aphth.Prog.7, cf. Diog.Oen.4.
II. expulsion, banishment, A.Supp.421 (lyr., pl.); “μετὰ τὴν τῶν τυράννων ἐ.” Arist.Pol.1275b36; “ἐκβολαὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως” Pl.Lg.847b ; dislodgement, ejection, Plb.4.8.4.
2. divorce, repudiation, “γυναικός” Lib.Decl.26.45.
III. letting fall or drop, “δακρύων ἐκβολαί” E.HF742 (lyr.); ἐ. [ὀδόντων] casting or shedding of teeth, Arist.GA789a15.
IV. expulsion of a foetus, Hp. Mul.1.78.
3. shoot, “καυλοῦ” Dsc.3.114.
VI. putting forth, exposing, “μαστῶν” Plb.2.56.7.
VII. debouchure, outlet, “ἐ. Πηνειοῦ” Hdt.7.128 ; mouth of a river, in pl., Th.2.102 ; in sg., Id.7.35, Pl.Phd. 113a : pass leading out of a chain of mountains, “αἱ ἐκβολαὶ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος” Hdt.9.38.
2. by-way, “ἐ. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς εὐθείας” Paus.3.10.7 : metaph., “ἐ. λόγου” digression, Th.1.97, Philostr.Her.19.14 (pl.), etc.
3. close of a verse, Eust.900.24.
4. projection, στόματος a snout, Philostr.Jun.Im.12.
VIII. (from Pass.), that which is cast out, δικέλλης ἐ. earth thrown up by a mattock, upcast, S.Ant. 250 ; οὐρεία ἐ. children cast or exposed on the mountains, E.Hec.1079 (anap.).
2. cargo thrown overboard, jetsam, πλὴν ἐκβολῆς, ἣν ἂν..ἐκβάλωνται Syngr. ap. D.35.11; so ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, E.IT1424.
X. = ἐκβολάς I, Str.14.5.28.