ἀποστρέφειν

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Ὕβρις κακὸν μέγιστον ἀνθρώποις ἔφυ → Malum est hominibus maximum insolentia → Das größte Übel ist für Menschen Übermut

Menander, Monostichoi, 517

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ἀποστρέφω): avert, deter, dissuade, stave off, turn aside, turn back

Lexicon Thucydideum

redire iubere, to order to return, 4.97.2, 5.75.2, [ubi vulgo where commonly ἀπέτρεψαν.] 8.108.1, [vulgo commonly ἀποτρέψειε]
reverti, to return, 6.65.3,
avertere (a consilio s. incepto), to turn aside (from a plan or undertaking), 4.80.1.