ἀποχή
From LSJ
Πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → There are many wondrous things in this world, but none more wondrous than humans
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (ἀπέχω)
A distance, Phld.Rh.1.168S., Ptol.Geog.1.11.2, al. II abstinence, Phld.Ind.Sto.67, cf. Piet.36, Arr.Epict.2.15.5; ἀ. τροφῆς Plu.Demetr.38; ἐμψύχων Porph.Abst.tit. III receipt, quittance, PTeb.11.14(ii B. C.), BGU1116.41(i B. C.), AP11.233 (Lucill.), Ulp. ap. Dig.46.4.19, etc.: metaph., ἡ τελευταία ἀ., title of work by Zos.Alch.p.239B.
German (Pape)
[Seite 336] (ἀπέχω), ἡ, 1) der Abstand, Ptolem – 2) Quittung (wodurch man nach Zahlung der Schuld die Schuldverschreibung zurück erhält), Sp., vgl. Lucill. 105 (XI, 233). – 3) Enthaltsamkeit, Plut. Dem. 38; Epict.
