A.hang upon, “τι ἔκ τινος” Plb.18.18.4; “ἀπό τινος” Arr.An. 2.19.2; “τί τινος” Longus 1.32: metaph., make dependent upon, “ἐπαίνων ἐ. τὴν δόξαν” Plu.Arat.1; “πρᾶξιν τῆς προδοσίας” Id.Fab.22; “τὴν ποίησιν μέθης” Ath.10.429b, cf. Plot.6.7.42:—Med., E.Tr.129, cf. Gal.Anim.Pass.1.9 (prob. l.).
2. stretch out, Ael.NA4.21.
II. Pass., mostly in pf. ἐξηρτῆσθαι: fut. Med. in pass. sense, “ἐξαρτήσομαι” X.Cyr.5.4.20:—to be hung upon, hang upon, “χειρός” E.Hipp. 325; “περὶ σὸν γένειον” Id.IA1226: abs., Ar.Pax470; to be attached to . ., “ἔκ τινος” Arist.HA495b33; ἐ. τινί ib.496a26.
2. depend upon, be attached to, “σοῦ γὰρ ἐξηρτήμεθα” E.Supp.735, etc.; “τῆς ἰσχύος” X. Cyr.5.4.20; “ἑνός” Plu.Galb.8; “ἔκ τινος” Pl.Ion536a, Lg.732e, etc.; “τῶν ἐλπίδων” Isoc.8.7.
3. of countries, be adjacent to, “πεδία τῶν λόφων ἐ.” Plu.Ant.46.
4. abs., to be elevated, “ἐξήρτηται τὸ χωρίον” Th.6.96; ἐξήρτηται ἡ χώρα πρὸς Νότον (Casaub. ἐξῆρται) Str.7.1.3.
5. hang upon oneself, “πήραν ἐξαρτήσασθαι” Luc.Fug.15 (s.v.l.): esp. in pf. part. Pass., c. acc. rei, having a thing hung on one, “ἐπιστολὰς . . ἐξηρτημένος ἐκ τῶν δακτύλων” Aeschin.3.164; “παιδίον ἐξηρτημένη τοῦ τραχήλου” Plu. Brut.31: hence, equipped or furnished with, “πώγωνας ἐξηρτημέναι” Ar. Ec.494; “τοιοῦτον ἐξηρτῆσθαι στρατόπεδον” D.9.49.
