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ἀπολήγω

ἀπολήγω, to leave off, desist from

ἀπο-λήγω,
  • leave off, desist from, c. gen., ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ὣς ἀπέληγε μάχης Il. 7.263; οὐκ ἀπολήγει ἀλκῆς ib. 21.577; νέον δʼ ἀπέληγεν ἐδωδῆς ib. 24.475; ἀ. ἔρωτος Pl. R. 490b.
      • 2 c. part., leave off doing, Il. 17.565, Od. 19.166; [γενεὴ] ἡ μὲν φύει, ἡ δʼ ἀπολήγει Il. 6.149: abs., cease, desist, ib. 13.230, 20.99; κλέος. . οὐδʼ ἀπολήξει Xenoph. 6.3; opp. γίνεται, Emp. 17.30; of the wind, fall, Theoc. 22.19.
      • 3 ἀ. εἰς ἕν end in. ., Arist. Mu. 399a13, cf. Str. 13.4.1, Plu. Am. prol. 2.496a, Luc. Im. 6; ἐς ὀξύ taper to a point, Arr. Tact. 16.7: Rhet., of the close of a sentence, ἀ. εἰς συνδέσμους Demetr. Eloc. 257.
        • b τὸ ἀπολῆγον [τοῦ βουνοῦ] the extremity of the hill, Inscr.Prien. 37.168 (ii B. C.): so Medic., τὰ ἀ. μέρη the extremities, Ruf. ap. Orib. 49.33.11, al.
    • II trans., = ἀποπαύω, A.R. 4.767. [ἀπολλ. Il. 15.31, Od. 13.151, 19.166, Theoc. l.c., al.]

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