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ἀπάγω

apago

lead away, carry off

Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀπάγω [ᾰγ], A. lead away, carry off, ἀπάγουσι βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα Od. 18.278; ἀ. τινὰ ἐκτόπιον S. OT 1340 (lyr.), cf.1521, etc.; προσάγειν . ., ἀπάγειν, bring near . ., hold far off, Arist. GC 336a18; ἀ. ἀχλὺν ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν remove it, Thphr. HP 7.6.2; τὸ ἱμάτιον ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου Plu. Ant. 12; οὐκ ἀπάξετε ταῦτα; stop this fooling! Jul. Or. 7.225a:—Med., take away for or with oneself, παρθένον Hdt. 1.196, cf. 4.80, Ar. Nu. 1105, etc.; or that which is oneʼs own, X. Cyr. 3.1.37, etc.:—Pass., ἐς ὀξὺ ἀπηγμένας brought to a point, tapering off, Hdt. 7.64, cf. 2.28, Arist. PA 658b30. 2. lead away, draw off troops, τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ πολλόν Hdt. 1.164, cf. Th. 1.28, al.; ἄπαγε τὸν ἵππον Ar. Nu. 32. b. elliptically, retire, withdraw, Hdt. 5.126, X. HG 1.1.34, al.; ‘go off’, Apollod. Epit. 3.3. 3. abduct, Aeschin. 1.80, Luc. Tim. 16:—Pass., πρὸς ὕβριν -εσθαι Id. Anach. 13. II. bring back, bring home, Il. 18.326; ἀπήγαγεν οἴκαδε Od. 16.370, cf. S. Ph. 941, X. An. 1.3.14; ἀ. ὀπίσω Hdt. 9.117. III. return, render what one owes, pay, τὸν φόρον Ar. V. 707, cf. X. Cyr. 2.4.12, Th. 5.53; render service, honour, etc., κώμους πρὸς τάφον E. Tr. 1184; θεωρίαν εἰς Δῆλον Pl. Phd. 58b. IV. arrest and carry off, ἀπάγετε αὐτὸν παρʼ ἐμέ Hdt. 2.114, cf 6.81; δεῖν κἀπάγειν ἐφίετο E. Ba. 439:—Pass., ἀπαχθέντας παρʼ ἑωυτόν Hdt. 6.119. 2. law-term, bring before a magistrate and accuse (cf. ἀπαγωγή III), Antipho 5.85; ἀσεβείας for impiety, D. 22.27; ἀ. ὡς θεσμοθέτας Id. 23.31; ἀ. τοῖς ἕνδεκα Id. 24.113; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ -εσθαι Sch.Arist. Rh. 1397a30ap.D.H. Amm. 1.12. 3. carry off to prison, Pl. Grg. 486a, Ar. Ach. 57; εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον And. 4.181, D. 23.80, 35.47 (Pass.): abs., ὡς γόης ἀπαχθῆναι Pl. Men. 80b; ἀπαχθείς Lys. 25.15. V. lead away, divert from the subject, esp. by sophistry, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄντος ἐπὶ τοὐναντίον Pl. Phdr. 262b; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς ὑποθέσεως D. 19.242; ἀ. τὸ ὀργιζόμενον τῆς γνώμης divert . ., Th. 2.59; ἀπὸ δεινῶν ἀ. τὴν γνώμην ib.65. b. in Logic, reduce, εἰς ἀδύνατον Arist. APr. 29b9:—impers. in Pass., ἀπῆκται ἄρα εἰς . . Papp. 798.11. c. in later Greek, reduce, drive an opposing disputant, ἐπὶ ψεῦδος S.E. P. 2.233; εἰς ἀντίφασιν, εἰς ἄτοπον, Phlp. in APr. 21.31, 58.14:—Pass., εἰς ἀδύνατον ἀπαχθῆναι Arr. Epict. 1.7.25, cf. Phlp. in APr. 129.2. 2. receive, ἀπʼ ὄψεως . . τὰ δοξάζοντα ἀ. Pl. Phlb. 39b. 3. separate, ἀπάγεται καὶ χωρίζεται Id. Phd. 97b. VI. simply, carry, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τόξον Id. Lg. 795a.
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