ἀπερύκω

aperyko

keep off

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 4 1
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4542
Book 17 1
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17562
Odyssey 2
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Book 9 1
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9119
Book 18 1
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18105

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπερύκω [ῡ], impf. ἀπήρυκον Plb. 16.1.3: aor. ἀπήρυξα X. An. 5.8.25, Isyll. 74 (tm.), Maiist. 45 (tm.):—Α. keep off or away, εἰ γὰρ Ἀθήνη . . βελέων ἀπερύκοι ἐρωήν Il. 17.562; σύας τε κύνας τʼ ἀ. Od. 18.105; ἀπερύκοι . . Φοῖβος κακὰν φάτιν S. Aj. 186 (lyr.); πολέμιον X.l.c., cf. Plb. 16.1.3: c. gen., στρατὸν . . Μήδων ἀπέρυκε τῆσδε πόλεος Thgn. 775: c. acc. et inf., prevent one from . ., οὔτε σε κωμάζειν ἀπερύκομεν οὔτε καλεῦμεν Id. 1207:—less freq. in Prose, ἀ. τινί τι keep off from, ταῦτα ἡ εὐτυχίη οἱ ἀπερύκει Hdt. 1.32, cf. X. Oec. 5.6; τοὺς λύκους ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων Mem. 2.9.2, cf. Arist. HA 620a12:—Pass., πατρῴης γῆς ἀπερυκόμενος debarred from . ., Thgn. 1210:—Med., ἀλλήλων ἔριδος (v.l. ἔριδας) δὴν (δῆγμʼ Bgk.) ἀπερυκόμενοι desisting from . ., Id. 494; ἀπερύκου (sc. φωνῆς) abstain from speech, S. OC 169 (lyr.):—later in act. sense, ἀπερύκεο νούσους, to be read in Maced. Pae. 23. 2. withhold, σῖγα νόον βουλήν τʼ ἀπερύκων A.R. 3.174.

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