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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[rest]], [[give over]], ὅδε μὲν τάχα λωφήσει Il.21.292; <b class="b3">εἰ λωφήσω τρεῖς ὥρας</b> dub. in Phld.''Herc.''1251.18.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. (cf. [[καταλωφάω]]), [[take rest]] or [[abate from]], [[recover from]], [[χόλου]], [[πόθου]], A.''Pr.'' 378, 654; πόνου [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''61; τῆς ὀδύνης Pl.''Phdr.''251 c; φιλοτιμίας λελωφηκυῖαν Id.''R.''620c; so λ. ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου Th.6.12.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. part., [[cease]] to do, πρήσων A.R.4.819, cf. ''AP''5.187 (Leon.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[abate]], of pain, Hp.''Int.''49; of a disease, Th.2.49, Pl.''Lg.''854c; of misfortunes, Th.7.77; of wind, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''362a7; of the sea, Id.''Pr.'' 934b15; ὅταν λωφήσωσιν οἱ λίθοι X.''An.''4.7.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[lighten]], [[relieve]], ὁ λωφήσων γὰρ οὐ πέφυκέ πω A.''Pr.''27: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἀχέων λωφήσετε θυμόν</b> [[relieve]] your mind [[from]] pains, Emp.145.2.