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ἀπείργω

apeirgo

keep away from, debar from

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀπείργω, Ion. and Ep. ἀπέργω, in Hom. also ἀποέργω (i.e. ἀποϝέργω), also ἀπεέργει Hsch.: fut. ἀπείρξω: aor. ἀπείργαθον (q.v.); aor. also ἀπεῖρξα S. Aj. 1280, Th. 4.37, etc.:—Pass., pf. inf. ἀπεῖρχθαι Phld. Mus.p.19 K.:—Α. keep away from, debar from, c. gen., ὁ δὲ Τρῶας . . αἰθούσης ἀπέεργεν Il. 24.238; σφέας θυσιέων ἀπέρξαι Hdt. 2.124; ἀ. πόλεως ζυγόν A. Th. 471; ἐγώ σφʼ ἀπείργω . . χαρᾶς S. Aj. 51 (dub. sens.); οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτε ἀπείργομέν τινα . . μαθήματος ἢ θεάματος Th. 2.39, cf. 3.45; νόμων ἡμᾶς ἀπείργεις; do you exclude us from their benefit? Ar. V. 467; δείπνου ἀ. τινά Cratin. 57; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος Hdt. 9.68:—Med. like Act., ἱκέτην ἀπείργεται A. Ch. 569; but also, keep oneʼs hands off, keep away from, ξένου Pl. Lg. 879d. 2. keep from doing, prevent (ἀπείργω τὸν βουλόμενον ἐνεργεῖν τι, ἀνείργω τὸν ἀρξάμενον AB 1331), c. acc. et inf., αὐγὰς ἀπείρξω σὴν πρόσοψιν εἰσιδεῖν S. Aj. 70, cf. E. Rh. 432, Antiph. 126; μὴ ποιεῖν E. Hel. 1559; ἀ. τι μὴ γίγνεσθαι Pl. Lg. 837d:—Pass., to be debarred from doing, ἅπτεσθαί τινος Id. Prm. 148e. 3. c. acc., keep back, keep off, ward off, μικρὸς δὲ λίθος μέγα κῦμʼ ἀποέργει Od. 3.296; ἀπὸ πάμπαν εἴργοντες (sc. τοὺς πολεμίους) Pi. O. 13.59; τίς ταῦτʼ ἀπεῖρξεν; S. Aj. 1280; νόσους ἀ. E. Ion 1013: abs., ἀλλʼ ἀπείργοι θεός God forfend! S. Aj. 949; ὅπου μή . . καῦμα ἀπείργει Pl. Ti. 22e, etc. b. νόμος οὐδεὶς ἀπεῖργε checked them, Th. 2.53, cf. Democr. 259; τὴν βίαιον τροφὴν ἀ. prohibit it, Arist. Pol. 1338b41:—Pass., φυγῇ ἀπειργόμενος X. HG 1.4.15. c. τὸ ἀπεργμένον the old bed of the Nile laid dry by barring or damming off the river, Hdt. 2.99; ὁ ἀγκὼν . . ὡς ἀπεργμένος ῥέῃ dammed off, ibid. II. part, divide, separate, ὅθι κληῒς ἀποέργει αὐ χένα τε στῆθός τε Il. 8.325:—and so, bound, skirt, of seas and rivers, etc., ὁ Ἅλυς ἔνθεν μὲν Καππαδόκας ἀπέργει, ἐξ εὐωνύμου δὲ Παφλαγόνας Hdt. 1.72; πρὸς βορῆν ἄνεμον ὁ Κεραμεικὸς κόλπος ἀπέργει ib.174, cf. 204, 2.99, 4.55. 2. of travellers, ἐπορεύετο ἐν ἀριστερῇ μὲν ἀπέργων Ποίτειον πόλιν κτλ. keeping Rhoeteium on the left . ., Id. 7.43; ἐκ δεξιῆς χειρὸς τὸ Πάγγαιον ὄρος ἀ. ib.112, cf. 109, 8.35. III. shut up, confine, αἱ ἐσχατιαὶ τὴν ἄλλην χώρην ἐντὸς ἀ. Id. 3.116; ἀπεργμένον ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει Id. 1.154, cf. 5.64; ἐν τῷ ἱρῷ Id. 6.79.
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