ἐκτρέπω

ektrepo

turn out of the course, turn aside

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4

500b12
Book IX 1
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

621a7
Physics 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 8 191a23–191b34

191a26
191b32
Prior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 26 69a37–70a9

69b35
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 138 844b1–22

844b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκτρέπω, Ion. ἐκ-τράπω [ᾰ], A. turn out of the course, turn aside, τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ ῥέεθρον Hdt. 1.186, cf. 2.11, Th. 5.65; μηδʼ εἰς Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃς A. Ag. 1464 (lyr.), cf. Th. 628 (lyr.); τὸ δυστυχὲς δὲ τοῦτʼ ἐς ἄλλον ἐκτρέπει E. Supp. 483; ἑαυτοῦ μιαρίαν εἴς τινα ἐ. Antipho 2.3.9; ἐ. [τινὰ] πρὸς ποίμνας S. Aj. 53:—Pass. and Med., turn off or aside, ἐκτραπέσθαι ὁδὸν μακροτέρην Hdt. 1.104: abs., Id. 2.80, X. HG 7.4.22, etc.: c. gen., turn aside from, τοῦ πρόσθεν λόγου S. OT 851; also ἐ. ἐκ . . Hdt. 1.75; ἀπὸ . . ἐπί . . Pl. Sph. 222a; πόθεν δεῦρο ἐξετραπόμεθα Id. R. 543c. 2. turn a person off the road, order him out of the way, S. OT 806:—Pass. (fut. -τραπήσομαι Luc. Herm. 86) and Med., ἐκτρέπεσθαί τινα get out of oneʼs way, D. 19.225, cf. Ar. Pl. 837, Luc. Tim. 5; avoid, τὸν ἔλεγχον Plb. 35.4.14; τὴν φιλοσοφίαν Jul. Or. 7.223d: c. inf., ὀφθῆναι AP 10.56.10 (Pall.): abs., cj. in S. OC 1541. 3. τὴν δρῶσαν ἐ. prevent her from acting, Id. El. 350. 4. ἀσπίδας θύρσοις ἐ. turn shields and flee before the thyrsus, E. Ba. 799. II. Med., turn away, φίλους Democr. 101; also ἐκτρέπεσθαι τὰ ἐντὸς ἐκτός turns itself inside out, Arist. HA 621a7. III. Medic. in Pass., to be diverted or everted, Hp. Steril. 213, Off. 14, Dsc. 2.15 (perh. to be put out of joint, Ep.Hebr. 12.13, Hippiatr. 26). IV. turn or change, εἴς ἄσπορον PRyl. 133.22 (i A.D.), cf. Ael. NA 14.28:—Pass., εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐκτραπῆναι Plb. 6.4.9; ὑπʼ ἀγεννείας εἰς μέμψεις Arr. Epict. 1.6.42. V. Pass., to be brought to birth, Astrol. t.t., Vett. Val.50.27, al.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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