βλάπτω
βλάπτω
Root !βλαβ, v. βλάβη
to disable, hinder, stop Hom.:—βλ. πόδας to disable the feet, to lame them, Od.:—Pass., ὄζωι ἔνι βλαφθέντε the horses] caught in a branch, Il.; βλάβεν ἅρματα were stopped, Il.; Διόθεν βλαφθέντα βέλεμνα stopped, made frustrate by Zeus, Il.
c. gen. to hinder from, βλάπτουσι κελεύθου Od.:—Pass., βλαβέντα λοισθίων δρόμων arrested in its last course, Aesch.
of the mind, to distract, delude, deceive, mislead, of the Gods, Hom.; βλαφθείς, Lat. mente captus, Il.
after Hom. to damage, hurt, mar, opp. to wilful wrong (ἀδικεῖν), Aesch., etc.