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κωλύω

kolyo

hinder, prevent

Appears 73 times across Plato's dialogues.

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κωλύω, fut. -ύσω Ar. Nu. 1448: aor. ἐκώλῡσα E. Alc. 897 (anap.), Pl. Mx. 244c; pf. κεκώλῡκα Din. 1.101, Phld. Rh. 2.63 S.:—Pass., fut. κωλυθήσομαι LXX Si. 20.2(1), Luc. VH 2.25: also in med. form -ύσομαι Th. 1.142: aor. ἐκωλύθην Id. 2.64, etc.: pf. κεκώλῡμαι ib.37. [ῡ always before a conson.: common before a vowel, κωλῡόμεσθα E. Ion 391, κωλῡέτω Id. Ph. 990, κωλῠεν Pi. P. 4.33, κώλῠει Alc. 55 ( = Sapph. 22 Lobel), Ar. Eq. (v.infr.), Fr. 100, Anaxil. 25, Men. Epit. 10.]:—A. hinder, prevent:—Constr.: 1. c. acc. et inf., κ. ἐκρέειν τὸν Νεῖλον Hdt. 2.20; κώλυεν [μιν] μεῖναι Pi.l.c.; τί δῆτα καὶ σὲ κωλύει <λαβεῖν> κέρδος; E. Fr. 794, cf. IT 507, etc.; ὅς σε κ. τὸ δρᾶν S. Ph. 1241; φεύγειν οὐδεὶς κ. νόμος D. 23.52: with neg. added (rare in Att. Prose), κ. τινὰ μὴ θανεῖν E. Ph. 1268; μὴ προσεύχεσθαι X. HG 3.2.22, etc.:— Pass., χρημάτων σπάνει Th. 1.142; τοῦ ὕδατος πιεῖν from drinking the water, Pl. R. 621b; κωλυόμεσθα μὴ μαθεῖν E. Ion 391; μὴ οὐ πονηρὸν εἶναι D.H. 2.3. b. rarely c. part. pro inf., κ. τινὰ πόλεμον εἰσάγοντα Id. 7.25:—Pass., μὴ κωλύωνται περαιούμενοι Th. 1.26. c. with relat. clause, κωλύειν εἴ τις ἐπαγγέλλεται, = τινὰ μὴ ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, D. 4.15; ἐκωλύσαμεν, ἵνα γένησθε . . J. BJ 6.6.2. 2. c. gen. rei, κ. τινά τινος hinder one from a thing, X. HG 3.2.21, An. 1.6.2, etc.; κ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος Id. Cyr. 1.3.11, 3.3.51:—Pass., τῆς ὁρμῆς ἐκωλύθησαν Plb. 6.55.3. 3. c. acc. rei, prevent, E. IA 1390 (troch.), X. An. 4.2.24:—Pass., ἐν τούτῳ κεκωλῦσθαι ἐδόκει τὰ πράγματα Th. 2.8, cf. 4.14; ταῦτα . . μὴ ἐν ὑμῖν κωλυθῇ Id. 2.64; μηδὲ . . δαπάνῃ κεκωλύσθω let there be no hindrance by reason of expense, Id. 1.129. b. withhold, τι ἀπό τινος LXX Ge. 23.6, Ev.Luc. 6.29. 4. c. acc. pers., hinder, Th. 1.35; τοὺς δρῶντας μοχθηρά Arist. EN 1113b26. 5. abs., οὐδʼ ὁ κωλύσων παρῆν S. Ant. 261, cf. El. 1197; εἴσʼ οἳ κωλύουσιν Ar. Pax 499; of the tribuneʼs intercessio, Plu. TG 10; τὸ κωλῦον hindrance, X. An. 4.5.20, D. 1.12: freq. an inf. may be supplied, εἶτα τίς σε κωλύει (sc. γεωργεῖν); Ar. Fr. 100; αὐτοὶ ὠφελούμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους κωλύσετε [ὠφελεῖσθαι] Th. 6.91, cf. 2.37 (Pass.). 6. freq. in 3 pers., οὐδὲν κωλύει there is nothing to hinder, c. acc. et inf., ὁμόψηφον τὸν Ἀργεῖον εἶναι κ. οὐδέν Hdt. 7.149; οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον Ar. Nu. 1448, cf. Pl. Phdr. 268e; ὃν διαμάττειν οὐ κ. Ar. Av. 463; τί κ. ἡμᾶς διελθεῖν; Pl. Tht. 143a, etc.; οὐδὲν κ., abs., as a form of assent, be it so, Ar. Eq. 723, 972, Pl. Euthd. 272d, etc.; τί γὰρ κ.; Id. Euthphr. 9d, cf. Plt. 292a, al.; τό γʼ ἐμὸν οὐδὲν κ. Id. Grg. 458d; μὴ τὸ σὸν κωλυέτω E. Ph. 990; οὐ τἀμὰ κωλύσει Plu. 2.151c, etc.; οὔτε ἐκεῖνο κωλύει ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς neither is that any hindrance, Th. 1.144 (wrongly expld. as = κωλύεται by D.H. Amm. 2.7); οὔτε μίαν δυοῖν τὴν αὐτὴν εἶναι κ. nor is there any hindrance to one of two being the same, Arist. Ph. 202b9.
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