Plato Greek Lexicon ἀποπαύω

ἀποπαύω

apopauo

stop

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποπαύω, A. stop or hinder from, make to cease from, τοὺς μὲν . . εἴασαν ἐπεὶ πολέμου ἀπέπαυσαν Il. 11.323; πένθεος ἀ. τινά Hdt. 1.46; ἐρώτων S. Aj. 1205 (lyr.); λόγου δέ σε μακροῦ ʼποπαύσω E. Supp. 639: c.inf., hinder from doing, ἀ. τινὰ ἀλητεύειν, ὁρμηθῆναι, Od. 18.114, 12.126:—Med. and Pass., leave off, cease from, c. gen., πολέμου δʼ ἀποπαύεο πάμπαν Il. 1.422, cf. 8.473; ἀοιδῆς Od. 1.340; τοῦ δάκνειν X. Cyr. 7.5.62; ἐκ καμάτων S. El. 231 (lyr.): abs., leave off, opp. ἄρχεσθαι, Thgn. 2; terminate, Arat. 51. 2. c. acc., stop, check, νὺξ ἀπέπαυσε . . Πηλεΐωνα Il. 18.267; Ἀλκμήνης δʼ ἀ. τόκον 19.119, al.; so ἀ. κῶμον Thgn. 829; μερίμνας E. Ba. 381 (lyr.); ὠδῖνα Pl. Tht. 151a, etc. II. intr. in Act., ἀπόπαυσον stop! cease! E. Fr. 118; οὐκ ἀπὸ πυγμαχίης ἀποπαύσετε; AP 9.217 (Scaev.).
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