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ἐμποδίζω

ἐμποδίζω, to put the feet in bonds, to fetter

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ἐμποδίζοιεν present active optative 3rd plural of ἐμποδίζω

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ἐμποδ-ίζω, Att. fut. -ιῶ Pl. Ly. 210b, later -ίσω Gp. 2.49.1:—Med. (v. infr. II.2):— Pass., fut. -ποδισθήσομαι Porph. Abst. 1.17, Gal. ap. Orib. 7.23.28, or (in med. form) -ίσομαι Antip.Stoic. 3.256: pf. -πεπόδισμαι (v. infr.): (ἐν, πούς):—
  • put the feet in bonds: hence, put in bonds, fetter, τοὺς μάντιας Hdt. 4.69:—Pass., ἐμπεποδισμένος τοὺς πόδας ib. 60; [ὀλιγοδρᾰνίᾳ] ἐμπεπ. A. Pr. 550 (lyr.).
    • II generally, hinder, thwart, τὸ θεῖον ἐνεπόδιζέ με Ar. Av. 965, cf. Lys. 359, X. Cyr. 2.3.10; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως καιρούς Aeschin. 3.223; ἐ. τοῦ ἰέναι to hinder from . ., Pl. Cra. 419c; πρός τι in a thing, Isoc. Ep. 4.11, Arist. Pol. 1341a6, al., Ph. 1.466:— Pass., χαἱ σοφαὶ γνῶμαι . . ἐμποδίζονται θαμά S. Ph. 432; ἐμποδίζοιτο ἂν μὴ πράττειν would be hindered from doing, Pl. Smp. 183a; τῆς εἰς τοὔμπροσθε πορείας D.S. 14.28.
      • 2 c. dat. rei, to be a hindrance to, interfere with, πολλαῖς ἐνεργείαις Arist. EN 1100b29; ἀλλήλαις Id. Pol. 1299b8; ταῖς χορηγίαις Plb. 5.111.4: c. dat. pers., τοῖς γεωργοῖς Gp. 2.49.1; τοῖς εἰς ἀρετὴν ἀφικνουμένοις Porph. Ep.Aneb. 26 [2.7]: rarely c. acc. rei, ἐ. τὸ κοινὸν ἔργον Arist. Top. 161a37:—so in Med., ἐμποδίζεται δόσιν Philem. 164.
      • 3 abs., to be a check or hindrance, Arist. Pol. 1288b24.
    • III dub. in κέχηνεν ὥσπερ ἐμποδίζων ἰσχάδας Ar. Eq. 755; prob. playing bob-fig, i.e. catching figs dangled by the stalk (πούς); Sch. and Lexx. also expl. as stringing, chewing, or trampling figs.

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