ἀπολήγω
καὶ ὑπολέλειμμαι ἐγὼ μονώτατος, καὶ ζητοῦσι τὴν ψυχήν μου λαβεῖν αὐτήν → and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away (1 Kings 19:14)
English (LSJ)
A leave off, desist from, c. gen., ἀλλ' οὐδ' ὣς ἀπέληγε μάχης 11.7.263; οὐκ ἀπολήγει ἀλκῆς ib.21.577; νέον δ' ἀπέληγεν ἐδωδῆς ib.24.475; ἀ. ἔρωτος Pl.R.490b. 2 c. part., leave off doing, 11.17.565, Od.19.166; [γενεὴ] ἡ μὲν φύει, ἡ δ' ἀπολήγει 11.6.149: abs., cease, desist, ib.13.230, 20.99; κλέος. . οὐδ' ἀπολήξει Xenoph.6.3; opp. γίνεται, Emp.17.30; of the wind, fall, Theoc.22.19. 3 ἀ. εἰς ἕν end in. ., Arist.Mu.399a13, cf. Str.13.4.1, Plu.2.496a, Luc.Im.6; ἐς ὀξύ taper to a point, Arr.Tact.16.7: Rhet., of the close of a sentence, ἀ. εἰς συνδέσμους Demetr.Eloc.257. b τὸ ἀπολῆγον [τοῦ βουνοῦ] the extremity of the hill, Inscr.Prien.37.168 (ii B. C.): so Medic., τὰ ἀ. μέρη the extremities, Ruf. ap. Orib.49.33.11, al. II trans., = ἀποπαύω, A.R.4.767. [ἀπολλ. 11.15.31, Od.13.151, 19.166, Theoc. l.c., al.]
