κωλύω

English (LSJ)

fut. -ύσω Ar.Nu.1448: aor.

   A ἐκώλῡσα E.Alc.897 (anap.), Pl.Mx.244c; pf. κεκώλῡκα Din.1.101, Phld.Rh.2.63 S.:—Pass., fut. κωλυθήσομαι LXX Si.20.2(1), Luc.VH2.25: also in med. form -ύσομαι Th.1.142: aor. ἐκωλύθην Id.2.64, etc.: pf. κεκώλῡμαι ib.37. [ῡ always before a conson.: common before a vowel, κωλῡόμεσθα E.Ion 391, κωλῡέτω Id.Ph.990, κωλῠεν Pi.P.4.33, κώλῠει Alc.55 ( = Sapph.22 Lobel), Ar.Eq. (v.infr.), Fr.100, Anaxil.25, Men.Epit.10.]:—hinder, prevent:—Constr.:    1 c. acc. et inf., κ. ἐκρέειν τὸν Νεῖλον Hdt. 2.20; κώλυεν [μιν] μεῖναι Pi.l.c.; τί δῆτα καὶ σὲ κωλύει <λαβεῖν> κέρδος; E.Fr.794, cf. IT507, etc.; ὅς σε κ. τὸ δρᾶν S.Ph.1241; φεύγειν οὐδεὶς κ. νόμος D.23.52: with neg. added (rare in Att. Prose), κ. τινὰ μὴ θανεῖν E.Ph.1268; μὴ προσεύχεσθαι X.HG3.2.22, etc.:— Pass., χρημάτων σπάνει Th.1.142; τοῦ ὕδατος πιεῖν from drinking the water, Pl.R.621b; κωλυόμεσθα μὴ μαθεῖν E.Ion 391; μὴ οὐ πονηρὸν εἶναι D.H.2.3.    b rarely c. part. pro inf., κ. τινὰ πόλεμον εἰσάγοντα Id.7.25:—Pass., μὴ κωλύωνται περαιούμενοι Th.1.26.    c with relat. clause, κωλύειν εἴ τις ἐπαγγέλλεται, = τινὰ μὴ ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, D.4.15; ἐκωλύσαμεν, ἵνα γένησθε . . J.BJ6.6.2.    2 c. gen. rei, κ. τινά τινος hinder one from a thing, X.HG3.2.21, An.1.6.2, etc.; κ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος Id.Cyr.1.3.11, 3.3.51:—Pass., τῆς ὁρμῆς ἐκωλύθησαν Plb.6.55.3.    3 c. acc. rei, prevent, E.IA1390 (troch.), X.An.4.2.24:—Pass., ἐν τούτῳ κεκωλῦσθαι ἐδόκει τὰ πράγματα Th. 2.8, cf. 4.14; ταῦτα . . μὴ ἐν ὑμῖν κωλυθῇ Id.2.64; μηδὲ . . δαπάνῃ κεκωλύσθω let there be no hindrance by reason of expense, Id.1.129.    b withhold, τι ἀπό τινος LXX Ge.23.6, Ev.Luc.6.29.    4 c. acc. pers., hinder, Th.1.35; τοὺς δρῶντας μοχθηρά Arist.EN1113b26.    5 abs., οὐδ' ὁ κωλύσων παρῆν S.Ant.261, cf. El.1197; εἴσ' οἳ κωλύουσιν Ar.Pax499; of the tribune's intercessio, Plu.TG10; τὸ κωλῦον hindrance, X.An.4.5.20, D.1.12: freq. an inf. may be supplied, εἶτα τίς σε κωλύει (sc. γεωργεῖν); Ar.Fr.100; αὐτοὶ ὠφελούμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους κωλύσετε [ὠφελεῖσθαι] Th.6.91, cf. 2.37 (Pass.).    6 freq. in 3 pers., οὐδὲν κωλύει there is nothing to hinder, c. acc. et inf., ὁμόψηφον τὸν Ἀργεῖον εἶναι κ. οὐδέν Hdt.7.149; οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον Ar.Nu.1448, cf. Pl.Phdr.268e; ὃν διαμάττειν οὐ κ. Ar.Av.463; τί κ. ἡμᾶς διελθεῖν; Pl.Tht.143a, etc.; οὐδὲν κ., abs., as a form of assent, be it so, Ar.Eq.723, 972, Pl.Euthd.272d, etc.; τί γὰρ κ.; Id.Euthphr.9d, cf. Plt.292a, al.; τό γ' ἐμὸν οὐδὲν κ. Id.Grg.458d; μὴ τὸ σὸν κωλυέτω E.Ph.990; οὐ τἀμὰ κωλύσει Plu.2.151c, etc.; οὔτε ἐκεῖνο κωλύει ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς neither is that any hindrance, Th.1.144 (wrongly expld. as = κωλύεται by D.H.Amm.2.7); οὔτε μίαν δυοῖν τὴν αὐτὴν εἶναι κ. nor is there any hindrance to one of two being the same, Arist.Ph.202b9.