ἐμποδών
empodon
before the feet, in the way, in oneʼs path
Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐμποδών, Adv. perh. formed by anal. to ἐκποδών:—A. before the feet, in the way, in oneʼs path, κτείνειν πάντα τὸν ἐ. γενόμενον every one that came in the way, 1.80; πᾶν ἔθνος τὸ ἐ. 2.102; τοὺς αἰεὶ ἐ. γινομένους 4.118, cf.7.108; τὸ μὴ ἐ. those who are absent, 2.45; μή που λαθών τις ἐ. (sc. γενόμενος) V. 247. 2. in oneʼs way, i.e. presenting an hindrance, ὁ θεὸς . . [οἱ] ἐ. ἕστηκε 6.82; ὥς σφι τὸ ἐ. ἐγεγόνεε καθαρόν when all impediments had been cleared away, 7.183; τί τοὐμπ.; Lys. 1161; οὐδὲν ἐ. [ἐστι] Pr. 13; ἐ. ἔστη δορί Th. 1021; παρεῖναι OT 445; οὐδεὶς ἐ. κεῖται νόμος Ion 1047; καθῆσθαι Pax 473; σὺ δʼ ἡμῖν μηδὲν ἐ. γένῃ Hec. 372; ἐ. τινι φῦναι Or. 605: c. inf., ἐ. εἶναι τῷ ποιεῖν HG 2.3.23; ἐ. γενέσθαι, εἶναί τινι μὴ πράττειν, prevent a personʼs doing, Pax 315, 6.28, etc.; τί ἐ. μοι μὴ οὐ . .; what prevents my doing? Eq. 11.13, cf. An. 3.1.13; so ἐ. τὸ μὴ εἶναι ib.4.8.14; ἐ. γίγνεσθαι τοῦ μὴ ὁρᾶν Cyr. 2.4.23; ἐ. εἰ = ναι ἀλλήλοις τινός to hinder each other from a thing, ib.8.5.24, cf. Them. 4, etc.; λόγων τίς ἐ.ὅδʼ ἔρχεται; Supp. 395; ποιεῖσθαι ἐ. τι to regard it as a hindrance, suffer it to hinder, 13.88, Cyr. 4.2.46, 21.104. 3. in oneʼs way, before oneʼs eyes, manifest, πόθεν ἄρξομαι, ἐ. ἁπάντων ὄντων; 4.10; Χαρίτων ἱερὸν ἐ. ποιοῦνται EN 1133a3; ἃ δʼ ἐ. μάλιστα ταῦθʼ ἥκω φράσων Ph. 706; ἡ ἐ. παιδεία everyday education, Pol. 1337a39; πολλοῖς ἐ. εἶναι καὶ γνωρίζεσθαι 2.17.1. 4. of Time, immediately, 83.
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