ἐπωθέω
From LSJ
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
English (LSJ)
A push on, impel, ἐπὶ ῥίον ὦσεν ἄναξ h.Ap.382, cf. Arist.Mete. 370b23, Pr.915a2, Arr.Tact.16.13 ; ἐ. ὁρμήν Agatharch.14 ; παχὺν ἐ. τῷ σιδήρῳ τὸν κοντόν dub.l. in Plu.Crass.27. 2 Pass., of tumours, to be brought to a head, v.l. in Hp.Epid.7.105.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1015] (s. ὠθέω), dahin, dazu stoßen, drängen, ὄπισθεν Plut. Agis 19, τὸν κοντὸν εἰς τοὺς ἱππέας Crass. 27, u. a. Sp.
