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===verb transitive===

[[turn in a different direction]]: [[prose|P.]] [[παρατρέπειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[παρεκτρέπειν]].

[[turn aside]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀποτρέπειν]], [[ἀποστρέφειν]], [[ἐκτρέπειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[διαστρέφειν]], [[παρασπᾶν]], [[ἐναλλάσσειν]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Ajax]]'' 1060); see [[turn aside]].

[[lead away]] (the thoughts, etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπάγειν]].

[[divert from its course]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποχετεύειν]]. Met., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκτρέπειν]], [[παροχετεύειν]].

[[amuse]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[γέλωτα παρέχω]], [[γέλωτα παρέχειν]] (dat.): see [[amuse]].
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