a. Gram. [ad. Gr. ἐκβατικός, implied in the adν. ἐκβατικῶς, used by late grammarians; f. ἐκβαίνειν to result, issue; cf. ἔκβασις a result, consequence.] Of a clause or a conjunction: Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from a purpose or intention.
1836. E. Robinson, Greek Lex. N. T. (1869), 376. [The use of ἴνα is sometimes] ecbatic.
1856. E. Masson, trans. Winer’s Gram. N. T. (ed. 6), 479. Others … are for admitting the ecbatic import of ἴνα.
