ἐμποδών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv. perhaps formed by anal. to [[ἐκποδών]]:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[before the feet]], [[in the way]], [[in one's path]], <b class="b3">κτείνειν πάντα τὸν ἐ. γενόμενον</b> every one that came [[in the way]], Hdt.1.80; <b class="b3">πᾶν ἔθνος τὸ ἐ.</b> Id.2.102; τοὺς αἰεὶ ἐ. γινομένους Id.4.118, cf.7.108; <b class="b3">τὸ μὴ ἐ.</b> those who are absent, Th. 2.45; <b class="b3">μή που λαθών τις ἐ.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[γενόμενος]]) Ar.''V.''247.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[in one's way]], i.e. [[presenting an hindrance]], <b class="b3">ὁ θεὸς</b>.. [οἱ] ἐ. ἕστηκε Hdt.6.82; <b class="b3">ὥς σφι τὸ ἐ. ἐγεγόνεε καθαρόν</b> when all [[impediment]]s had been cleared away, Id.7.183; <b class="b3">τί τοὐμπ</b>.; Ar.''Lys.''1161; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἐ.</b> ([[ἐστι]]) A.''Pr.''13; ἐ. ἔστη δορί Id.''Th.''1021; παρεῖναι S.''OT''445; οὐδεὶς ἐ. κεῖται νόμος E. ''Ion''1047; καθῆσθαι Ar.''Pax''473; σὺ δ' ἡμῖν μηδὲν ἐ. γένῃ E.''Hec.''372; ἐ. τινι φῦναι Id.''Or.''605: c. inf., ἐ. εἶναι τῷ ποιεῖν X.''HG''2.3.23; <b class="b3">ἐ. γενέσθαι, εἶναί τινι μὴ πράττειν</b>, [[prevent]] a person's doing, Ar.''Pax''315, Th.6.28, etc.; <b class="b3">τί ἐ. μοι μὴ οὐ</b>..; what [[prevent]]s my doing? X.''Eq.''11.13, cf. ''An.''3.1.13; so <b class="b3">ἐ. τὸ μὴ εἶναι</b> ib.4.8.14; ἐ. γίγνεσθαι τοῦ μὴ ὁρᾶν Id.''Cyr.''2.4.23; <b class="b3">ἐ. εἰ</b> = [[ναι ἀλλήλοις τινός]] to [[hinder]] each other from a thing, ib.8.5.24, cf.Plu.''Them.''4, etc.; <b class="b3">λόγων τίς ἐ.ὅδ' ἔρχεται</b>; E.''Supp.'' 395; <b class="b3">ποιεῖσθαι ἐ. τι</b> to [[regard]] it as a [[hindrance]], suffer it to [[hinder]], Lys.13.88, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.2.46, D.21.104.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[in one's way]], [[before one's eyes]], [[manifest]], <b class="b3">πόθεν ἄρξομαι, ἐ. ἁπάντων ὄντων</b>; And.4.10; Χαρίτων ἱερὸν ἐ. ποιοῦνται [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1133a3; ἃ δ' ἐ. μάλιστα ταῦθ' ἥκω φράσων E.''Ph.''706; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐ. παιδεία</b> [[everyday]] [[education]], Arist.''Pol.''1337a39; πολλοῖς ἐ. εἶναι καὶ [[γνωρίζεσθαι]] Plb.2.17.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of [[time]], [[immediately]], Polem.Hist.83.