Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐκδέω (ekdeō) to suspend ^G:V

ἐκδέω,

bind so as to hang from, fasten to or on, with genitive, πέτρης ἐκ πείσματα δήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [δρῦς] ἔκδεον ἡμιόνων they bound the oaks to the mules, i.e. they yoked the mules to them, [Refs 8th c.BC+] bind planks behind, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: metaphorically, trace the dependence of one thing on another, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: —middle, bind a thing to oneself, hang it round one, ἐκδήσασθαι ἀγάλματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, bind or fasten for oneself, ἀκταῖσιν..πεισμάτων ἀρχάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]