avert
From LSJ
ἄνευ γὰρ φίλων οὐδεὶς ἕλοιτ᾽ ἂν ζῆν, ἔχων τὰ λοιπὰ ἀγαθὰ πάντα → without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἀποτρέπειν, ἀποστρέφειν, ἀπωθεῖν.
ward off: P. and V. ἀμύνειν, ἀπείργειν; see ward off.
oh Gods! may ye avert these calamities: V. ὦ θεοὶ γένοισθε τῶνδ' ἀπότροποι κακῶν (Euripides, Phoenissae 586).
