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   A fix, settle, τὰς ὄψεις Plu.2.681f; τὴν ὄψιν πρός τι Luc. Dem.Enc.17; δι' ἄλλα τὴν γνῶσιν support, Iamb.Protr.5.    2 intr., = Pass., ἔνθα ἡ ὄψις ἀπερείδῃ Luc.DDeor.20.8; but,    II used by earlier writers in Med. with pf. Pass. in med. sense, support oneself upon, rest upon, ἀ. ἐν τῷ χαλινῷ, of a horse, lean upon the bit, X.Eq.10.7; ὀκτὼ τοῖς μέλεσι ἀ. supporting himself on .., Pl.Smp.190a, cf. Ti.44e, Arist.PA684a3; πείσμασιν, of a ship, Archimel. ap. Ath.5.209d, al.; ἀ. εἰς τοῦτο to be fixed steadily on .., Pl.R.508d; εἰς ἓν κεφάλαιον ἀ. rest entirely on .., ib.581a; ἀ. ἐπί τι rely on, Plb.28.20.8; πρὸς τὴν γῆν Hp.Art.52: abs., Arist.IA705a9.    III Med. in act. sense, ἀ. εἰς τοῦτο [τὸ οὖς] X.Cyn.5.32; τὴν χεῖρα πρός τινα Plu.Sull.35; τὰς ὄψεις εἴς τι Id.2.521d; ἀ. ἐλπίδας εἴς τινα, ἐπί τινα, fix one's hopes upon one, Plb.23.5.3, 28.2.3, cf. Plu. Dio42; ἀ. ὀργὴν ἔς τινα, χάριν ἐπί τινα, direct one's anger, one's gratitude, towards him, Plb.1.69.7, 23.3.6, cf. Plu.2.775e; ἀ. εἰς Περικλέα τὴν ὑπόνοιαν Id.Per.32; of Fortune, τὴν νέμεσιν εἰς τὸν οἶκον Id.2.198d; ἀ. ἄγνοιαν ἐπί τινας throw the blame of their ignorance upon .., Plb.38.9.5; ἐπὶ τὴν τύχην τοὺς ὀδυρμούς Plu.2.168a.    2 ἀ. λείαν εἰς τόπον place, deposit in .., Plb.3.92.9; τὰς δυνάμεις εἰς ἀσφαλὲς ἀπηρεῖσθαι Id.3.66.9; ὠδῖνας Call.Del.120.