Ἀφέξει

will keep away

Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Aug 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

25 words

[Meaning he/she/it] will bar from, will hold off from. Also [sc. attested is] a)fe/comai ["I will avoid"], [meaning] I will cease, I will hold off.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀφέξει· ἀποκωλύσει, ἀποστήσει. καὶ Ἀφέξομαι, παύσομαι, ἀποστήσομαι.

Betacode

*)afe/cei: a)pokwlu/sei, a)posth/sei. kai\ *)afe/comai, pau/somai, a)posth/somai.

Same or similar entry in other lexica. These two forms must be quoted from somewhere; they are too common to identify with certainty, but, as Latte on Hesychius s.v. claims, the probable source of the latter is Homer, Odyssey 19.489.