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ἀπέχω
ἀπέχω to keep off or away from, τινά or τί τινος Il.: absol. to keep off, Eur. to keep apart, part, κληῖδες ἀπʼ ὤμων αὐχένʼ ἔχουσιν the collar-bones part the neck from the shoulders, Il. Mid., ἀπὸ χεῖρας ἔχεσθαί τινος (in tmesi) to hold oneʼs hands off or away from, Od.: also, ἀπέχεσθαί τινος to hold oneself off a thing, abstain or desist from it, Hom., Hdt., etc. c. inf., ἀπέχεσθαι ποιεῖν or μὴ ποιεῖν τι to abstain from doing a thing, Thuc., etc. intr. in Act. to be away or far from, c. gen. loci, Thuc.; also, ἀπ. ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, etc., Hdt.: absol. to be distant, Xen. of actions, to be far from, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος were far from the discovery, Hdt.; πλεῖστον ἀπ. τοῦ ποιεῖν to be as far as possible from doing, Xen. to have or receive in full, τὸν μισθόν NTest., Plut. impers., ἀπέχει it sufficeth, it is enough, NTest.

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to keep off

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ἀπέχω
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ἀπέχω
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απεχω
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ἀπέχω to keep off or away from, τινά or τί τινος Il.: absol. to keep off, Eur. to keep apart, part, κληῖδες ἀπʼ ὤμων αὐχένʼ ἔχουσιν the collar-bones part the neck from the shoulders, Il. Mid., ἀπὸ χεῖρας ἔχεσθαί τινος (in tmesi) to hold oneʼs hands off or away from, Od.: also, ἀπέχεσθαί τινος to hold oneself off a thing, abstain or desist from it, Hom., Hdt., etc. c. inf., ἀπέχεσθαι ποιεῖν or μὴ ποιεῖν τι to abstain from doing a thing, Thuc., etc. intr. in Act. to be away or far from, c. gen. loci, Thuc.; also, ἀπ. ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, etc., Hdt.: absol. to be distant, Xen. of actions, to be far from, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος were far from the discovery, Hdt.; πλεῖστον ἀπ. τοῦ ποιεῖν to be as far as possible from doing, Xen. to have or receive in full, τὸν μισθόν NTest., Plut. impers., ἀπέχει it sufficeth, it is enough, NTest.
IDX:
3872
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n3873
Key:
a)pe/xw

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