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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κωλύειν]], [[ἐπικωλύειν]], [[εἴργειν]], [[ἀπείργειν]], [[ἐξείργειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[κατακωλύειν]], [[διακωλύειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποκωλύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[κατείργειν]].

[[prevent from getting a hearing]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐκκλῄειν λόγου τυγχάνειν]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 349).

[[why did you prevent me from slaying with my bow a man who was my hated enemy]]: [[verse|V.]] τί μ' [[ἄνδρα πολέμιον ἐχθρόν]] τ' [[ἀφείλου μὴ κτανεῖν τόξοις ἐμοῖς]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 1302).

[[but to prevent my deadly purpose hither comes Theseus]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλλ' ἐμποδών μοι θανασίμων βουλευμάτων Θησεὺς ὅδ' ἕρπει]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], [[h. F]] 1153).

[[check]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατέχειν]], [[ἐπέχειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἴσχειν]] (rare [[prose|P.]]) [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπίσχειν]] (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[ἐρύκειν]], [[ἐξερύκειν]], [[ἐρητύειν]]; see also [[stop]].
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