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ἀποκρούω

ἀποκρούω, to beat off from

ἀποκρούω,
  • beat off, drive away, from a place or person, X. HG 5.3.22, AP 11.351 (Pall.); ὕπνον, νόσον, Porph. Abst. 1.27, 53:—more freq. in Med., beat off from oneself, τὰς προσβολάς Hdt. 4.200, Th. 2.4; αὐτοὺς ἐπιόντας Hdt. 8.61, etc.; generally, repel, opp. ἐπισπᾶσθαι, S.E. M. 7.400; shake off, Plot. 4.7.10, Hierocl. in CA 19 p.461 M.; τινάς Jul. Or. 2.67b; ἀλληλοφαγίας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους Porph. Abst. 1.23; refute an opponent, D.H. Comp. 25; κατηγορίαν Chor. in Rev.Phil. 1.245:— Pass., to be beaten off, of an assault, Th. 4.107, etc.; ἀποκρουσθέντες τῆς πείρας Id. 8.100, cf. X. HG 6.4.5; ἀ. τῆς μηχανῆς dub. in Plb. 21.28; τῆς Ἰβηρίας Plu. Sert. 7, etc.
    • II knock off, IG 3.1417.12:—Pass., κοτυλίσκιον τὸ χεῖλος ἀποκεκρουμένον a cup with the lip knocked off, Ar. Ach. 459.
    • III Pass., also, to be thrown from horseback, X. Eq.Mag. 3.14; to be stranded, πρὸς χωρίον λιμνῶδες ἀπεκρούσθη Gal. 2.221.

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