ἐκτρέπω (ektrepo)

Where it lives

1 Timothy 3 · 18.94/10k
2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκτρέπω · ektrepō — LSJ

turn out of the course, turn aside, turn off, aside, turn aside from

turn out of the course, turn aside, τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ ῥέεθρον Hdt. 1.186, cf. 2.11, Th. 5.65; μηδʼ εἰς Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃς A. Ag. 1464 (lyr.), cf. Th. 628 (lyr.); τὸ δυστυχὲς δὲ τοῦτʼ ἐς ἄλλον ἐκτρέπει E. Supp. 483; ἑαυτοῦ μιαρίαν εἴς τινα ἐ. Antipho 2.3.9; ἐ. [τινὰ] πρὸς ποίμνας S. Aj. 53:—Pass. and Med., turn off or aside, ἐκτραπέσθαι ὁδὸν μακροτέρην Hdt. 1.104: abs., Id. 2.80, X. HG 7.4.22, etc.: c. gen., turn aside from, τοῦ πρόσθεν λόγου S. OT 851; also ἐ. ἐκ . . Hdt. 1.75; ἀπὸ . . ἐπί . . P

2 turn, off the road, order, out of the way, get out of, way, avoid

turn a person off the road, order him out of the way, S. OT 806:—Pass. (fut. -τραπήσομαι Luc. Herm. 86) and Med., ἐκτρέπεσθαί τινα get out of oneʼs way, D. 19.225, cf. Ar. Pl. 837, Luc. Tim. 5; avoid, τὸν ἔλεγχον Plb. 35.4.14; τὴν φιλοσοφίαν Jul. Or. 7.223d: c. inf., ὀφθῆναι AP 10.56.10 (Pall.): abs., cj. in S. OC 1541.

3 prevent, from

τὴν δρῶσαν ἐ. prevent her from acting, Id. El. 350.

4 turn, and flee before

ἀσπίδας θύρσοις ἐ. turn shields and flee before the thyrsus, E. Ba. 799.

II turn away, turns itself

Med., turn away, φίλους Democr. 101; also ἐκτρέπεσθαι τὰ ἐντὸς ἐκτός turns itself inside out, Arist. HA 621a7.

III to be diverted, everted, to be put out of joint

Medic. in Pass., to be diverted or everted, Hp. Steril. 213, Off. 14, Dsc. 2.15 (perh. to be put out of joint, Ep.Hebr. 12.13, Hippiatr. 26).

IV turn, change

turn or change, εἰς ἄσπορον PRyl. 133.22 (i A.D.), cf. Ael. NA 14.28:—Pass., εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐκτραπῆναι Plb. 6.4.9; ὑπʼ ἀγεννείας εἰς μέμψεις Arr. Epict. 1.6.42.

V to be brought to birth

Pass., to be brought to birth, Astrol. t.t., Vett.Val. 50.27, al.

In the wild

ἐκτρέψῃς · ektrepsēis Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1464–1467
ἐκτρέποντες · ektrepontes Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 626–628
ἐξετρέποντο · exetreponto Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 653)
ἐκτρέπεσθαι · ektrepesthai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1442)
ἐκτρέπεταί · ektrepetai Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.225 (DIORISIS sentence 781)
ἐκτρεπόμενος · ektrepomenos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8195)

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Where it came from

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