ἐμποδ-ίζω (empodizo)

Where it lives

Letter 4 1 · 12.15/10k
Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
Enchiridion 4 · 8.07/10k
Discourses 29 · 3.91/10k
Lysis 2 · 2.88/10k
Meditations 8 · 2.75/10k
Siracides 4 · 2.17/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Cratylus 3 · 1.68/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Eudemian Ethics 4 · 1.53/10k

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐμποδ-ίζω · empod-izō — LSJ

put the feet in bonds, put in bonds, fetter

put the feet in bonds: hence, put in bonds, fetter, τοὺς μάντιας Hdt. 4.69:—Pass., ἐμπεποδισμένος τοὺς πόδας ib. 60; [ὀλιγοδρᾰνίᾳ] ἐμπεπ. A. Pr. 550 (lyr.).

II hinder, thwart, to hinder, in, would be hindered from

generally, hinder, thwart, τὸ θεῖον ἐνεπόδιζέ με Ar. Av. 965, cf. Lys. 359, X. Cyr. 2.3.10; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως καιρούς Aeschin. 3.223; ἐ. τοῦ ἰέναι to hinder from . . , Pl. Cra. 419c; πρός τι in a thing, Isoc. Ep. 4.11, Arist. Pol. 1341a6, al., Ph. 1.466:— Pass., χαἱ σοφαὶ γνῶμαι . . ἐμποδίζονται θαμά S. Ph. 432; ἐμποδίζοιτο ἂν μὴ πράττειν would be hindered from doing, Pl. Smp. 183a; τῆς εἰς τοὔμπροσθε πορείας D.S. 14.28.

2 to be a hindrance to, interfere with

c. dat. rei, to be a hindrance to, interfere with, πολλαῖς ἐνεργείαις Arist. EN 1100b29; ἀλλήλαις Id. Pol. 1299b8; ταῖς χορηγίαις Plb. 5.111.4: c. dat. pers., τοῖς γεωργοῖς Gp. 2.49.1; τοῖς εἰς ἀρετὴν ἀφικνουμένοις Porph. Ep.Aneb. 26 [2.7]: rarely c. acc. rei, ἐ. τὸ κοινὸν ἔργον Arist. Top. 161a37:—so in Med., ἐμποδίζεται δόσιν Philem. 164.

3 to be a check, hindrance

abs., to be a check or hindrance, Arist. Pol. 1288b24.

III playing bob-fig, stringing, chewing, trampling

dub. in κέχηνεν ὥσπερ ἐμποδίζων ἰσχάδας Ar. Eq. 755; prob. playing bob-fig, i.e. catching figs dangled by the stalk (πούς); Sch. and Lexx. also expl. as stringing, chewing, or trampling figs.

In the wild

ἐμπεποδισμένον · empepodismenon Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 547–549
ἐνεπόδιζέ · enepodize Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 704)
ἐμποδίζων · empodizōn Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 553)
ἐμποδίζῃ · empodizēi Aristophanes, Lysistrata 358 (DIORISIS sentence 263)
ἐμποδίζειν · empodizein Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 15)
ἐμποδίζουσαν · empodizousan Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2

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