Ἐκφυλλοφορῆσαι

['To leaf out'] and 'leafing-out'. If ever any of the citizens [sc. of classical Athens↗] appeared to be a wrongdoer and [thus] unworthy of belonging to the council of the 500, the council used to look into his case, [sc. to determine] whether he ought to be a councillor no longer but expelled from the synod altogether. Instead of the voting-pebble each man would indicate his opinion on leaves, just as in the ostracism [sc. this is done] on an ostrakon,¹ and this used to be referred to as leafing [him] out and a leafing-out. So Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Neaira.²