dissuade
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
deter: Ar. and P. ἀποτρέπειν, P. and V. ἀποστρέφειν, V. ἀντισπᾶν (Aesch., P.V. 337); see divert, deter.
persuade not to: P. and V. πείθειν τινὰ μή (infin.) or ὥστε μή (infin.).
