ἀπερείδω

apereido

fix, settle

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book VI 1
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508d5
Book IX 1
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581a4
Symposium 1
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190a8
Timaeus 1
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44e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπερείδω, A. fix, settle, τὰς ὄψεις Plu. 2.681f; τὴν ὄψιν πρός τι Luc. Dem.Enc. 17; διʼ ἄλλα τὴν γνῶσιν support, Iamb. Protr. 5. 2. intr., = Pass., ἔνθα ἡ ὄψις ἀπερείδῃ Luc. DDeor. 20.8; but, II. used by earlier writers in Med. with pf. Pass. in med. sense, support oneself upon, rest upon, ἀ. ἐν τῷ χαλινῷ, of a horse, lean upon the bit, X. Eq. 10.7; ὀκτὼ τοῖς μέλεσι ἀ. supporting himself on . ., Pl. Smp. 190a, cf. Ti. 44e, Arist. PA 684a3; πείσμασιν, of a ship, Archimel. ap. Ath. 5.209d, al.; ἀ. εἰς τοῦτο to be fixed steadily on . ., Pl. R. 508d; εἰς ἓν κεφάλαιον ἀ. rest entirely on . ., ib.581a; ἀ. ἐπί τι rely on, Plb. 28.20.8; πρὸς τὴν γῆν Hp. Art. 52: abs., Arist. IA 705a9. III. Med. in act. sense, ἀ. εἰς τοῦτο [τὸ οὖς] X. Cyn. 5.32; τὴν χεῖρα πρός τινα Plu. Sull. 35; τὰς ὄψεις εἴς τι Id. 2.521d; ἀ. ἐλπίδας εἴς τινα, ἐπί τινα, fix oneʼs hopes upon one, Plb. 23.5.3, 28.2.3, cf. Plu. Dio 42; ἀ. ὀργὴν ἔς τινα, χάριν ἐπί τινα, direct oneʼs anger, oneʼs gratitude, towards him, Plb. 1.69.7, 23.3.6, cf. Plu. 2.775e; ἀ. εἰς Περικλέα τὴν ὑπόνοιαν Id. Per. 32; of Fortune, τὴν νέμεσιν εἰς τὸν οἶκον Id. 2.198d; ἀ. ἄγνοιαν ἐπί τινας throw the blame of their ignorance upon . ., Plb. 38.9.5; ἐπὶ τὴν τύχην τοὺς ὀδυρμούς Plu. 2.168a. 2. ἀ. λείαν εἰς τόπον place, deposit in . ., Plb. 3.92.9; τὰς δυνάμεις εἰς ἀσφαλὲς ἀπηρεῖσθαι Id. 3.66.9; ὠδῖνας Call. Del. 120.

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