ἐμποδίζω
πάτερ, ἄφες αὐτοῖς, οὐ γὰρ οἴδασιν τί ποιοῦσιν → father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
English (LSJ)
Att.fut.
A -ιῶ Id.Ly.210b, later -ίσω Gp.2.49.1:—Med. (v. infr.11.2) :— Pass., fut. -ποδισθήσομαι Porph.Abst.1.17, Gal. ap. Orib.7.23.28, or (in med. form) -ίσομαι Antip.Stoic.3.256: pf. -πεπόδισμαι (v. infr.): (ἐν, πούς):—put the feet in bonds: hence, put in bonds, fetler, τοὺς μάντιας Hdt.4.69:—Pass., ἐμπεποδισμένος τοὺς πόδας ib.60; [ὀλιγοδρᾰνίᾳ] ἐμπεπ. A.Pr.550(lyr.). II generally, hinder, thwart, τὸ θεῖον ἐνεπόδιζέ με Ar. Av.965, cf. Lys.359, X.Cyr.2.3.10; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως καιρούς Aeschin.3.223; ἐ. τοῦ ἰέναι to hinder from... Pl.Cra.419c; πρός τι in a thing, Isoc.Ep.4.11, Arist.Pol.1341a6, al., Ph.1.466:— Pass., Χαἱ σοφαὶ γνῶμαι . . ἐμποδίζονται θαμά S.Ph.432; ἐμποδίζοιτο ἂν μὴ πράττειν would be hindered from doing, Pl.Smp.183a; τῆς εἰς τοὔμπροσθε πορείας D.S.14.28. 2 c. dat. rei, to be a hindrance to, interfere with, πολλαῖς ἐνεργείαις Arist.EN1100b29; ἀλλήλαις Id.Pol. 1299b8; ταῖς Χορηγίαις Plb.5.111.4: c. dat. pers., τοῖς γεωργοῖς Gp.2.49.1; τοῖς εἰς ἀρετὴν ἀφικνουμένοις Porph.Ep.Aneb.26: rarely c. acc. rei, ἐ. τὸ κοινὸν ἔργον Arist.Top.161a37:—so in Med., ἐμποδίζεται δόσιν Philem.164. 3 abs., to be a check or hindrance, Arist.Pol.1288b24. III dub. in κέχηνεν ὥσπερ ἐμποδίζων ἰσχάδας Ar.Eq.755; prob. playing bob-fig, i.e. catching figs dangled by the stalk (πούς); Sch. and Lexx. also expl. as stringing, chewing, or trampling figs.
