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ἀποδιδράσκω

apodidrasko

run away, escape

Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποδιδράσκω, Ion. ἀποδιδρήσκω, fut. -δράσομαι, Ion. -δρήσομαι: pf. -δέδρᾱκα Men. Sam. 143, Phld. Rh. 1.199 S.: aor. ἀπέδραν, Ion. -έδρην, opt. ἀποδραίην Thgn. 927, imper. ἀπόδρᾱθι Ph. 1.90, inf. ἀποδρᾶναι, Ion. -δρῆναι, part. ἀποδράς—the only form found in Hom.; the other tenses in Hdt., etc., pf. part. ἀποδεδρακότες X. An. 6.4.8:—Α. run away, escape or flee from, esp. by stealth, Hom. (never in Il.), ἐκ νηὸς ἀποδράς Od. 16.65; νηὸς ἀ. 17.516; ἀ. ἐκ τῆς Σάμου Hdt. 3.148; ἐς Σάμον 4.43; ἐπὶ θάλασσαν 6.2; ἀποδρᾶσα ᾤχετο And. 1.125, cf. 4.17, Ar. Ec. 196, Pl. Tht. 203d; of runaway slaves, X. An. 1.4.8 (ἀποδρᾶναι τὸ ἀναχωρήσαντά τινα εὔδηλον εἶναι ὅπου ἐστίν, ἀποφεύγειν δὲ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι ἐπιληφθῆναι Ammon.p.19 V.); σώματα ἀποδράντα IG 22.584; of soldiers, desert, X. An. 5.6.34; ἀποδιδράσκοντα μὴ δύνασθαι ἀποδρᾶναι attempting to escape not to be able to escape, Pl. Prt. 317a, cf. 310c. 2. c. acc., flee, shun, Hdt. 2.182, Ar. Pax 234, etc.; ἀπέδρασαν αὐτόν Th. 1.128; evade, τὸν νόμον Arist. Pol. 1270b35; οὐκ ἀπέδρα τὴν στρατείαν D. 21.165; ὅτε . . τὸ σὸν ὄμμʼ ἀπέδραν (poet. for ἀπέδρασαν) S. Aj. 167.—Rare in Trag. (Cf. Skt. δρᾱτι ‘run’.)
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