ἀποχή
ἵνα οὖν μηδ' ἐν τούτῳ δῷ αὐτοῖς λαβήν (Photius, Fragments on the Epistle to the Romans 483.26) → so that he doesn't give them even here a handle (= an opportunity for refutation)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (ἀπέχω)
A distance, Phld.Rh.1.168S., Ptol.Geog.1.11.2, al. II abstinence, Phld.Ind.Sto.67, cf. Piet.36, Arr.Epict.2.15.5; ἀ. τροφῆς Plu.Demetr.38; ἐμψύχων Porph.Abst.tit. III receipt, quittance, PTeb.11.14(ii B. C.), BGU1116.41(i B. C.), AP11.233 (Lucill.), Ulp. ap. Dig.46.4.19, etc.: metaph., ἡ τελευταία ἀ., title of work by Zos.Alch.p.239B.
German (Pape)
[Seite 336] (ἀπέχω), ἡ, 1) der Abstand, Ptolem – 2) Quittung (wodurch man nach Zahlung der Schuld die Schuldverschreibung zurück erhält), Sp., vgl. Lucill. 105 (XI, 233). – 3) Enthaltsamkeit, Plut. Dem. 38; Epict.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποχή: ἡ, (ἀπέχω) ἀπόστασις, διάστημα, ἐξ ἀποχῆς αὐτάρκους Πτολεμ. Γεωργ. 1. 1, 4. ΙΙ. τὸ ἀπέχεσθαί τινος, ἀποχή, ἐγκράτεια, Ἀρρ. Ἐπίκτ. 2. 15, 5· ἀπ. τροφῆς Πλουτ. Δημήτρ. 38. ΙΙΙ. ἀπόδειξις ἐξοφλήσεως, ἐξόφλησις, Φαῖδρος ἔγραψε λαβὼν εἰκονικὴν ἀποχὴν Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 233, Οὐλπιαν.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῆς (ἡ) :
abstinence.
Étymologie: ἀπέχω.
