ἀπεῖδον
τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)
English (LSJ)
inf. ἀπῐδεῖν, aor. 2 with no pres. in use, ἀφοράω being used instead:—
A look away from other things at, and so simply, look at, πρός or ἔς τι Th.7.71, Luc.DMar.9.2, al.; πόρρωθεν ἀπιδεῖν Timocl. 21. II look away from, and so, despise, Plu.2.1070f (dub.l.). (In later Greek ἀφ-, ἀφίδω Ep.Phil.2.23.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπεῖδον: ἀπαρ. ἀπῐδεῖν, ἀόρ. β΄. ἄνευ εὐχρήστου ἐνεστῶτος, ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ δὲ ἐν χρήσει εἶναι τὸ ἀφοράω: στρέφω τὸ βλέμμα μου πρός τι, ἀπιδεῖν ἔς τι ἢ πρός τι Θουκ. 7. 71· πόρρωθεν ἀπιδὼν Τιμοκλ. ἐν «Λήθῃ» 1. 6. ΙΙ. βλέπω ἀλλαχόσε, ἀποστρέφω τὰ βλέμματά μου ἀπό τινος, περιφρονῶ, Πλούτ. 2. 1070F.
