διωθέω

English (LSJ)

aor.

   A διῶσα Hom. (v. infr.), διέωσα X.HG2.1.8, ἐδίωσα codd. in Hero Aut.24.3:—push asunder, tear away, [πτελέη] ἐκ ῥιζέων ἐριποῦσα κρημνὸν . . διῶσε the elm as it fell uprooted tore the bank away, Il.21.244; διώσας καὶ κατακτείνας ἐχθρούς E.Heracl.995; drive apart, τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰς διεξόδους Pl.Ti.67e.    2 thrust through, τι διά τινος X.HG2.1.8, Plb.21.28.14.    II more freq. in Med. (fut. διώσομαι Democr.191), force one's way through, break through, τὰ γέρρα Hdt.9.102; τὸν ὄχλον X.Cyr.7.5.39; τὰς τάξεις Plb.11.1.12; δ. τὴν ὕλην, of roots, Thphr.HP8.11.8; τὴν θάλατταν, of a river, Plb.4.41.4.    2 push from oneself, push away, τοῖς κόντοις διεωθοῦντο, of sailors, Th.2.84; ἡ γαστὴρ δ. τὸ περιττὸν εἰς τὴν νῆστιν Gal. 5.567; repulse, στρατὸν ἰθυμαχίῃ Hdt.4.102; οἷς [πέτροις] . . διώσει στρατόν A.Fr.199.9 (Dobr.); κῆρας Democr. l. c.; τὰς τύχας E.HF 315; ψευδῆ λόγον καὶ συκοφαντίαν repel it, D.21.124; τὴν ἐπιβουλήν Id.58.65: abs., get rid of danger, Hdt.9.88.    3 reject, τὴν εὔνοιαν Id.7.104; ὃ μὴ προσίενται Th.4.108; τὴν ἐπικουρίαν Arist.EN1163b25; of bribes, D.19.139: abs., refuse, Hdt.6.86.β, Plu.Brut.52: so pf. Pass. διῶσμαι cj. for δίωμαι in this sense, Thgn.1311.