διέξοδοι ὁδῶν

διέξ-οδος, ἡ,

A outlet, passage, Hp.Aph.7.51, Arist.PA 684b26, etc.;

ἀποκεκληϊμένου τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς δ. Hdt.3.117

, cf. 4.140; διέξοδοι ὁδῶν passage-ways, Id.1.199; ἀνέμων διέξοδοι (through the body), S.Fr. 477;

ὅταν πλεύμων μὴ καθαρὰς παρέχῃ τὰς δ. Pl.Ti. 84d

, cf. 91c; way out from, Th. 3.98;

αἱ δ. τῶν ὁδῶν Ev.Matt.22.9

; of the main roads out of a town, Aristeas 105; δ. ὑδάτων, of a spring, LXX 4 Ki.2.21; of tears, ib.Ps. 118(119).136.

2 pathway, orbit, of the sun, Hdt.2.24; τρεῖς ἡλίου διέξοδοι three days, E.Andr. 1086; of planets, Arist.Mu. 399a3: metaph.,

πολλὰς φροντίδων δ. Henioch.4.5

; δ. τῶν βουλευμάτων the paths of his counsels, Hdt.3.156; δ. τῆς φύσεως, τῆς οὐσίας, Ocell. 1.5, 12; [

ὁ νοῦς] ἔχων τὴν αὐτὴν διὰ τῶν οὐκ αὐτῶν δ. Plot.6.7.13

.

3 issue, event,

δ. λαβεῖν Plb.2.1.3

, etc.

4 means of escape,

πάσας δ. διεξελθών Pl.R. 405c

; δ. πραγμάτων way out of difficulties, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.66.

5 Medic., evacuation, Hp.Prog.11, Gal.17(1).132 (pl.).

II detailed narrative or description, ἡ τοῦ λόγου δ. the course of the narrative or argument, Pl.Criti. 109a, cf. Prt. 361d, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.250, Ph.1.407; exposition, Phld.Sign.38, Mus. p.110 K., al.; ἡ διὰ στοιχείου δ. description by resolving into elements, Pl.Tht. 207c; κατὰ διέξοδον in detail, Aristid.Rh.1p.505S.;

δ. καὶ ἔπαινοι

narratives, tales,

Pl.Prt. 326a

, etc.

III military evolution,

δ. τακτικαί Id.Lg. 813e

, cf. D.C.74.5.

2 excursion, Pl.Phdr. 247a.

3 repeated experiment, Gal.10.169.

διέξοδος, ου, ἡ (s. ἔξοδος; Hdt. et al.; Vett. Val. 334, 16; LXX; TestJud 6:2; EpArist 105; Philo, Joseph.) δ. τῶν ὁδῶν Mt 22:9 is somet. taken to mean ‘street-crossing’, but is prob. the place where a main street cuts (through) the city boundary and goes (out) into the open country, outlet, way out of town (Diod S 17, 12, 5 ἐν ταῖς διεξόδοις καὶ τάφροις=among the street-ends and the trenches; Eutecnius 3 p. 35, 33 outlet fr. a fox-hole; Num 34:4f; Josh 15:4, 7 al.; Jos., Ant. 12, 346. In pap of the ‘conclusion’ of legal proceedings PEnteux 54, 11f; 65, 6; PTebt 762, 8 [all III B.C.].—On the beggars at street-crossings cp. Lucian, Necyom. 17). Corresp. δ. τῶν ὑδάτων, the point where a stream of water flowing underground suddenly breaks through and flows out freely, a spring (Hesychius Miles.: 390 Fgm. 1, 3 Jac [=FGrH IV p. 147 Müller: διέξοδοι of two rivers]; 4 Km 2:21) B 11:6 (Ps 1:3).—DELG s.v. ὁδός. M-M. TW.