ἀποστρέφειν
From LSJ
φιλεῖ δέ τοι, δαιμόνιε, τῷ κάμνοντι συσπεύδειν θεός → you know, my good fellow, when a man strives hard, a god tends to lend him aid
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἀποστρέφω): avert, deter, dissuade, stave off, turn aside, turn back
Lexicon Thucydideum
redire iubere, to order to return, 4.97.2, 5.75.2, [ubi vulgo where commonly ἀπέτρεψαν.] 8.108.1, [vulgo commonly ἀποτρέψειε]
reverti, to return, 6.65.3,
avertere (a consilio s. incepto), to turn aside (from a plan or undertaking), 4.80.1.
