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ἀπωθέω

apotheo

thrust away, push back

Appears 15 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀπωθέω, fut. inf. ἀπωσέμεν Il. 13.367: aor. ἀπέωσα Od. 9.81, ἀπῶσα prob. corrupt in S. Fr. 479:—Med., fut. ἀπεώσομαι LXX 4 Ki. 21.14: aor. ἀπωσάμην Hom. (v. infr.), ἀπεωσάμην Th. 1.32, etc., ἀπωθησάμην D.C. 38.28 codd.: pf. ἀπῶσμαι· ἀπώθησα, Hsch., inf. ἀπεῶσθαι Th. 2.39:—Pass., pf. part. ἀπωσμένος Phld. Ir.p.33 W.:—Α. thrust away, push back, ὤϊξε πύλας καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀχῆας Il. 24.446, cf. 21.537; ἀ. ἐπάλξεις pushed them off the wall, Th. 3.23:—Med., thrust away from oneself, χερσὶν ἀπώσασθαι λίθον Od. 9.305; ἀπώσατο ἦκα γέροντα pushed him gently away, Il. 24.508; αἱ χεῖρες τὸ τόξον -οῦνταί τε καὶ προσέλκονται Pl. R. 439b. 2. drive away, ἠέρα μὲν σκέδασεν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμίχλην [Ζεύς] Il. 17.649; of the wind, beat from oneʼs course, Βορέης ἀπέωσε Od. 9.81 (so in Med., σφέας κεῖθεν ἀπώσατο ἲς ἀνέμοιο 13.276). 3. c. gen., εἴ κέ μιν οὐδοῦ ἀπώσομεν 22.76, cf. 2.130; γῆς ἀπῶσαί [με] πατρίδος S. OT 641:—Med., thrust from oneself, drive away, μνηστῆρας ἀπώσεαι ἐκ μεγάροιο Od. 1.270:—Pass., to be expelled, Hdt. 1.173; ἀπωθοῦμαι δόμων Ar. Ach. 450; γῆς S. OT 670. 4. thrust aside, spurn, Id. Aj. 446,al.:—Pass., τὸν δῆμον πρότερον ἀπωσμένον pushed aside, Hdt. 5.69. 5. repel, drive back, in Med., Τρῶας ἀπώσασθαι Il. 8.206; νεῖκος ἀπωσαμένους 12.276; ἀπώσασθαι κακὰ νηῶν 15.503; νηῶν μὲν ἀπωσάμενοι δήϊον πῦρ 16.301; πένθος Archil. 9.10; νοῦσον AP 6.190 (Gaet.):— also in Prose, Antipho 4.4.6, etc.: c. dupl. acc., τὴν ναυμαχίαν ἀπεωσάμεθα Κορινθίους Th. 1.32. 6. in Med., reject, τὸ ἀργύριον Hdt. 1.199; τὸν αὐλόν S. Tr. 216(lyr.); φιλότητα Id. Ph. 1122(lyr.); τὰς σπονδάς Th. 5.22; τὰ ἐξ ἀδικίας κέρδη Pl. R. 366a; ἀ. πόνους decline them, E. Fr. 789; τὴν δουλοσύνην shake off slavery, Hdt. 1.95; ὕπνον shake off sleep, Pl. R. 571c: abs., refuse, ποιήσω κοὐκ ἀπώσομαι S. Tr. 1249.
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