ἀποτρέπω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[turn away from]], εἰ δὲ σὺ.. τιν' ἄλλον.. ἀποτρέψεις πολέμοιο Il.12.249, cf. 20.256; ὅθεν.. ἀπέτραπε λαὸν Ἀθήνη 11.758; [[deter]] or [[dissuade]] from, τινός τινα Th.3.39; τινὰ τῆς κακουργίας Id.6.38; τῆς γνώμης And.3.21, etc.: c. inf., ἀ. προσωτέρω τὸ μὴ πορεύεσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.105; ἀποτρέπω βοᾶν A.Supp..900 (lyr.); δηλοῦν D.60.26, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.7.5,6: c. part., ἀποτρέπω τινὰ ὑβρίζοντα A.''Supp.''880:—Pass., ὁ παραβαίνειν τι βουλόμενος τῷ μὴ προὔχων ἂν ἐπελθεῖν ἀποτρέπεται Th. 3.11, cf. Plu.''Fab.''19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. pers. only, [[turn away]] or [[turn back]], πάντας ἀπέτραπε καὶ μεμαῶτας Il.15.276: c. dat. modi, οὔ μ' ἐπέεσσιν ἀποτρέψεις μεμαῶτα 20.256, cf. 109; <b class="b3">τοὺς ἀλαζόνας ἀποτρέπω</b> [[deter]] them, Pl.''Chrm.''173c; opp. [[παροξῦναι]], D.21.37; opp. [[συμβουλεύω]], Arist.''Rh.''1391b33, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. rei, [[turn back again]], ποτὶ χέρσον ἔντεα ναός Pi.''N.''4.69.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[turn aside]], [[avert]], ἀπὸ δὲ.. ἔγχεος ὁρμὴν ἔτραπε Hes.''Sc.''455; [[pervert]], δίκας κέλευθον ὀρθᾶς B.10.27; <b class="b3">τὸ σφάλμα ἀποτρέπω</b> [[prevent]], [[avert]] it, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.207; τὸ μέλλον γενέσθαι Id.3.65, cf. 8.29, al.; <b class="b3">ἀποτρέπω βλάβην, ἀποτρέπω συμφοράν</b>, Pl.''Grg.''509b, ''Phdr.'' 231d; <b class="b3">ἀποτρέπω τὴν εἰρήνην</b> [[prevent]] its being made, X.''HG''6.3.12.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[turn from]] others [[against]] one, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷδε.. οὐκ ἔγχος τις.. ἀποτρέψει</b>; [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in S. ''Tr.''1013 (lyr.):—Pass., ἀποτετράφθαι πρὸς τὴν ἄλλην Ἰταλίαν Plu.''Fab.''19:—Med., <b class="b3">ἀποτραπόμενος πρὸς θυσίαν</b>, i.e. [[turning away from other objects to]] this one, Id.''Rom.''7; εἰς τὴν μεσογείαν ἀποτραπόμενος Luc.''Tox.''52.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Med. and (later) Pass., [[turn from]], [[desist from]], c. part., ἀπετράπετ' ὄβριμος Ἕκτωρ ὀλλὺς Ἀργείους Il.10.200: c. inf., λέγειν E.''Or.''410, cf. Antipho 5.32, D.''Prooem.''23 (b); ἀ. ἐκ κινδύνων Th.2.40; ἀ. τοῦ ἐρωτήματος X.''Oec.''15.13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[turn away]], [[turn a deaf ear]], οὐδέ.. ἀπετράπετ' οὐδ' ἀπίθησεν Il.12.329: abs., Pl. ''Smp.''206d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. rei, [[turn away from]], [[shrink from]], δεῖμα πολιτῶν A.''Th.''1065 (anap.); τἀληθές E.''IA''336 (lyr.), cf. Th.3.68, and late Prose, Plu.''Cleom.''9, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[turn back]], [[return]], ἐπ' ὄκου Th.5.13; ἐς τὴν πόλιν Id.3.24; ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἵεντο X.''HG''7.2.13.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[dissuade]], [[deter]], τινά Plb.7.13.1.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[beat off]], [[repulse]], Plu.''Brut.''42.