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ἀπασχολέω

ἀπασχολέω, to leave no leisure

ἀπασχολ-έω,
  • leave one no leisure, keep him employed, Luc. Philops. 14, Hld. 2.21:—Pass., to be wholly occupied or engrossed, so as to attend to nothing else, περί τινα Luc. Charid. 19, cf. Olymp. in Mete. 108.22; τινί ib. 107.13; ἀ. ἐπὶ τῆς ἀλλοδαπῆς to be absent on foreign service, POxy. 71 ii 8 (iv A. D.).
    • II τῆς συνεχείας τῶν φυτῶν ἀπασχολούσης ἐς ἑαυτὴν τὰ βέλη rendering them of none effect, Hdn. 7.2.5.
    • III ἀ. τινὰ τῶν ἡδίστων detain him from . ., Hld. 10.23.

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