ἀπότροπος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[ἀποτρέπω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[turned away]], [[far from men]], ἐγὼ παρ' ὕεσσιν ἀπότροπος <span class="bibl">Od.14.372</span>; [[turned away in flight]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.254</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[from which one turns away]], [[horrible]], ἀ. ἄγος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>155</span> (lyr.); τὸν ἀ. Ἅιδαν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>608</span> (lyr.); σκότου νέφος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1314</span>; πῦρ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>792</span>; <b class="b3">γνώμη ἀ</b>. a [[stern]], [[hostile]] decree, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.94</span>; κασιγνήτης ἀπότροπον . . εὐνήν <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.182</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[turning away]], [[averting]], κακῶν <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ch.</span>42</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>586</span>; ἀ. δαίμονες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>203</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[preventing]], [[saving from]], <b class="b3">ἀ. αὐτοῖς ἐγέετο μή .</b>., c. inf., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>877a</span>.</span>