ἐξήρκει (exerkei)

ἐξήρκει is an Ancient Greek form of ἐξαίρω, meaning “lift up; remove”. It is the singular pluperfect active indicative.

It can also be a form of ἐξαρκέω, “be sufficient”.

Found 32 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate 2: ἐξήρκει τοῖς παλαιοῖς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἀγρίων ζῴων μὴ ἀδικεῖσθαι, καὶ τοῦτο τῶν πρὸς τὰ θηρία τέλος ἦν ἀγώνων ἐκ …

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae 325: Ἐξήρκει καὶ τὸ γράμμα τῆς σεμνότητός σου πᾶσαν ἡμῖν ἐξεργάσασθαι εὐφροσύνην. νυνὶ δὲ καὶ ἡ κοσμιωτάτη γυναικῶν Ἰκέλιο …

All forms of ἐξαίρω (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.