ἀπωθέω

ἀπωθέω, [tense] fut. inf.

A

ἀπωσέμεν Il.13.367

: [tense] aor.

ἀπέωσα Od.9.81

, ἀπῶσα prob. corrupt in S.Fr.479:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

ἀπεώσομαι LXX 4 Ki.21.14

: [tense] aor.

ἀπωσάμην Hom.

(v. infr.),

ἀπεωσάμην Th.1.32

, etc.,

ἀπωθησάμην D.C.38.28

codd.: [tense] pf. ἀπῶσμαι· ἀπώθησα, Hsch., inf.

ἀπεῶσθαι Th.2.39

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. part.

ἀπωσμένος Phld.Ir.p.33

W.:—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:—[voice] 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 one's course,

Βορέης ἀπέωσε Od.9.81

(so in [voice] 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.OT641

:—[voice] Med., thrust from oneself, drive away,

μνηστῆρας ἀπώσεαι ἐκ μεγάροιο Od.1.270

:—[voice] Pass., to be expelled, Hdt.1.173;

ἀπωθοῦμαι δόμων Ar.Ach.450

;

γῆς S.OT670

.

4 thrust aside, spurn, Id.Aj.446,al.:—[voice] Pass.,

τὸν δῆμον πρότερον ἀπωσμένον

pushed aside,

Hdt. 5.69

.

5 repel, drive back, in [voice] 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 AP6.190

(Gaet.):— also in Prose, Antipho 4.4.6, etc.: c. dupl. acc.,

τὴν ναυμαχίαν ἀπεωσάμεθα Κορινθίους Th.1.32

.

6 in [voice] 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

.