ἀπωθέω

English (LSJ)

fut. inf.

   A ἀπωσέμεν Il.13.367: aor. ἀπέωσα Od.9.81, ἀπῶσα prob. corrupt in S.Fr.479:—Med., fut. ἀπεώσομαι LXX 4 Ki.21.14: aor. ἀπωσάμην Hom. (v. infr.), ἀπεωσάμην Th.1.32, etc., ἀπωθησάμην D.C.38.28 codd.: pf. ἀπῶσμαι· ἀπώθησα, Hsch., inf. ἀπεῶσθαι Th.2.39:—Pass., pf. part. ἀπωσμένος Phld.Ir.p.33 W.:—thrust away, push back, ὤϊξε πύλας καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀχῆας Il.24.446, cf. 21.537; ἀ. ἐπάλξεις pushed them off the wall, Th.3.23:—Med., thrust away from oneself, χερσὶν ἀπώσασθαι λίθον Od.9.305; ἀπώσατο ἦκα γέροντα pushed him gently away, Il.24.508; αἱ χεῖρες τὸ τόξον -οῦνταί τε καὶ προσέλκονται Pl.R.439b.    2 drive away, ἠέρα μὲν σκέδασεν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμίχλην [Ζεύς] Il.17.649; of the wind, beat from one's course, Βορέης ἀπέωσε Od.9.81 (so in Med., σφέας κεῖθεν ἀπώσατο ἲς ἀνέμοιο 13.276).    3 c. gen., εἴ κέ μιν οὐδοῦ ἀπώσομεν 22.76, cf. 2.130; γῆς ἀπῶσαί [με] πατρίδος S.OT641:—Med., thrust from oneself, drive away, μνηστῆρας ἀπώσεαι ἐκ μεγάροιο Od.1.270:—Pass., to be expelled, Hdt.1.173; ἀπωθοῦμαι δόμων Ar.Ach.450; γῆς S.OT670.    4 thrust aside, spurn, Id.Aj.446,al.:—Pass., τὸν δῆμον πρότερον ἀπωσμένον pushed aside, Hdt. 5.69.    5 repel, drive back, in Med., Τρῶας ἀπώσασθαι Il.8.206; νεῖκος ἀπωσαμένους 12.276; ἀπώσασθαι κακὰ νηῶν 15.503; νηῶν μὲν ἀπωσάμενοι δήϊον πῦρ 16.301; πένθος Archil.9.10; νοῦσον AP6.190 (Gaet.):— also in Prose, Antipho 4.4.6, etc.: c. dupl. acc., τὴν ναυμαχίαν ἀπεωσάμεθα Κορινθίους Th.1.32.    6 in Med., reject, τὸ ἀργύριον Hdt.1.199; τὸν αὐλόν S.Tr.216(lyr.); φιλότητα Id.Ph.1122(lyr.); τὰς σπονδάς Th.5.22; τὰ ἐξ ἀδικίας κέρδη Pl.R.366a; ἀ. πόνους decline them, E.Fr. 789; τὴν δουλοσύνην shake off slavery, Hdt.1.95; ὕπνον shake off sleep, Pl.R.571c: abs., refuse, ποιήσω κοὐκ ἀπώσομαι S. Tr.1249.