Ἐξωστρακίσθη

was ostracized

Translated by Catharine Roth1 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning he/she/it] was banished.¹ [sc. The term is used] because they used to write [names] on a potsherd (ostrakon).
See under "ostracism."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐξωστρακίσθη· ἐξωρίσθη. ἐπειδὴ εἰς ὄστρακον ἔγραφον. ζήτει ἐν τῷ ὀστρακισμός.

Ἐξωστρακίσθη · was ostracized (ε 1854) · Suda

*)ecwstraki/sqh: e)cwri/sqh. e)peidh\ ei)s o)/strakon e)/grafon. zh/tei e)n tw=| o)strakismo/s.