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1 Eke cut
v. trans.Prolong: P. and V. ἐκτείνειν. μηκύνειν, τείνειν. P. ἀποτείνειν.Eke out a livelihood: V. συλλέγειν βίον (Eur., El. 81).He shall eke out a life of misery: V. λυπρὸν ἀντλήσει βίον (Eur., Hipp. 898).I eked out a precarious existence: Ar. ἡμικάκως ἐβοσκόμην (Thesm. 449).The luckless Orestes ekes out a poor subsistence: V. τλήμων Ὀρέστης δυστυχῆ τρίβει βίον (Soph., El. 602).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Eke cut
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