Ἐκτετοξεῦσθαι
to have been shot out
Translated by William Hutton16 Jan 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to have been emptied out, to have been used up. From a metaphor of those using up the arrows in their quiver. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "thinking that my life has already been shot out."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐκτετοξεῦσθαι· ἐκκεκενῶσθαι, ἀνηλῶσθαι. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἐν τῇ τοξείᾳ ἀναλισκόντων τὰ βέλη. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· τὸν ἐμὸν ἤδη νομίζων ἐκτετοξεῦσθαι βίον.
Betacode
*)ektetoceu=sqai: e)kkekenw=sqai, a)nhlw=sqai. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n e)n th=| tocei/a| a)nalisko/ntwn ta\ be/lh. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: to\n e)mo\n h)/dh nomi/zwn e)ktetoceu=sqai bi/on.