avert
From LSJ
Στερρῶς φέρειν χρὴ συμφορὰς τὸν εὐγενῆ → Tolerare casus nobilem animose decet → Ertragen muss der Edle Unglück unbeugsam
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).
