κωλύω

κωλύω, [tense] fut. -ύσω Ar.Nu.1448: [tense] aor.

A

ἐκώλῡσα E.Alc.897

(anap.), Pl.Mx.244c; [tense] pf.

κεκώλῡκα Din.1.101

, Phld.Rh.2.63 S.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

κωλυθήσομαι LXX Si.20.2(1)

, Luc.VH2.25: also in med. form -ύσομαι Th.1.142: [tense] aor.

ἐκωλύθην Id.2.64

, etc.: [tense] pf. κεκώλῡμαι ib.37. [[pron. full] 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.]:—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. IT507, etc.;

ὅς σε κ. τὸ δρᾶν S.Ph.1241

;

φεύγειν οὐδεὶς κ. νόμος D.23.52

: with neg. added (rare in [dialect] Att. Prose),

κ. τινὰ μὴ θανεῖν E.Ph.1268

;

μὴ προσεύχεσθαι X.HG3.2.22

, etc.:— [voice] 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

:—[voice] 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.BJ6.6.2.

2 c. gen. rei, κ. τινά τινος hinder one from a thing, X.HG3.2.21, An.1.6.2, etc.;

κ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος Id.Cyr.1.3.11

, 3.3.51:—[voice] Pass.,

τῆς ὁρμῆς ἐκωλύθησαν Plb.6.55.3

.

3 c. acc. rei, prevent, E.IA1390 (troch.), X.An.4.2.24:—[voice] 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.EN1113b26

.

5 abs.,

οὐδ' ὁ κωλύσων παρῆν S.Ant.261

, cf. El.1197;

εἴσ' οἳ κωλύουσιν Ar.Pax499

; of the tribune's intercessio, Plu.TG10; 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 ([voice] 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 γ' 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.