ἀποτρέπειν
τῶν λεγομένων τά μέν κατά συμπλοκήν λέγεται, τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς → forms of speech are either simple or composite (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a16-17)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἀποτρέπω): avert, deter, dissuade, stave off, turn aside, turn back, turn from
Lexicon Thucydideum
avertere, dehortari, to turn away, discourage, 3.39.1, 3.63.2, 6.8.4. 6.18.6. [ubi vulgo where commonly ἀποστρέψῃ.] 6.19.2. 6.24.1, 6.29.3, 6.38.4, 6.87.3, 8.86.5, [pro for ἀποστρ.vulgo commonly 5.75.2
et and 8.108.1.]
MED. averti, converti, reverti, to be turned away, be diverted, be turned back, 1.51.2, [vulgo commonly ἀποτραπ.] 3.24.2, 3.24.3. 3.89.1, 5.13.1, 6.65.3, 7.31.5. 8.10.2.
deterreri, to be deterred, be frightened off, 1.76.2, 2.40.3, 3.11.1, [vulgo commonly τὸ] 4.59.2,
alienatus animo, estranged in spirit, 3.68.4.
