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ἐκκείσθω (ekkeistho)

ἐκκείσθω is an Ancient Greek form of ἔκκειμαι, meaning “lie exposed; be set out”. It is the 3rd person singular present middle/passive imperative.

Found 58 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De fraterno amore 18: … υτόν, ὥστʼ ἀριστεύων ἐν τῇ περὶ Σαλαμῖνα ναυμαχίᾳ πεσεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐκείνου δόξης τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὥσπερ ἀρχέτυπον ἐκκείσθω καθαρὸν καὶ ἀμώμητον εὐμενείας καὶ μεγαλοφροσύνης.

Euclid, Elementa 1.prop.22: … ὲν Α, Β τῆς Γ, αἱ δὲ Α, Γ τῆς Β, καὶ ἔτι αἱ Β, Γ τῆς Α· δεῖ δὴ ἐκ τῶν ἴσων ταῖς Α, Β, Γ τρίγωνον συστήσασθαι. Ἐκκείσθω τις εὐθεῖα ἡ ΔΕ πεπερασμένη μὲν κατὰ τὸ Δ ἄπειρος δὲ κατὰ τὸ Ε, καὶ κείσθω τῇ μὲν Α ἴση ἡ ΔΖ, τῇ δὲ Β ἴση ἡ Ζ …

All forms of ἔκκειμαι (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.