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ἐμποδών

empodon

vor den Füßen, im Wege, hinderlich

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First Philippic 1 · 3.05/10k

Densest 12 of 59 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ἐμποδών · empodōn — Frisk

ἐμποδών Adv. ‘vor den Füßen, im Wege, hinderlich’ (ion. att.). Selten und spät 2r-, παρ-εμποδών. Als Vorderglied in Eurodoστάτης ‘der im Wege steht” mit ἐμποδοστατέω (hell. u. sp.). — Davon ἐμπόδιος “im Wege stehend‘ (ion. att.); denominatives Verb ἐμποδίζω "im Wege stehen, verhindern’ (att.), selten “(die Füße) fesseln, binden’ (Hdt., A.) mit Beziehung auf πούς; davon ἐμπόδισις, -ἰσμός, -ıaua “Verhinderung, … — [Frisk, s.v. ἐμποδών, p. 539]

2. ἐμποδών · empodōn — LSJ

before the feet, in the way, in oneʼs path, in the way

before the feet, in the way, in oneʼs path, κτείνειν πάντα τὸν ἐ. γενόμενον every one that came in the way, Hdt. 1.80; πᾶν ἔθνος τὸ ἐ. Id. 2.102; τοὺς αἰεὶ ἐ. γινομένους Id. 4.118, cf. 7.108; τὸ μὴ ἐ. those who are absent, Th. 2.45; μή που λαθών τις ἐ. (sc. γενόμενος) Ar. V. 247.

2 in oneʼs way, presenting an hindrance, all impediments, prevent, prevents, hinder, a hindrance, hinder

in oneʼs way, i.e. presenting an hindrance, ὁ θεὸς . . [οἱ] ἐ. ἕστηκε Hdt. 6.82; ὥς σφι τὸ ἐ. ἐγεγόνεε καθαρόν when all impediments had been cleared away, Id. 7.183; τί τοὐμπ.; Ar. Lys. 1161; οὐδὲν ἐ. [ἐστι] A. Pr. 13; ἐ. ἔστη δορί Id. Th. 1021; παρεῖναι S. OT 445; οὐδεὶς ἐ. κεῖται νόμος E. Ion 1047; καθῆσθαι Ar. Pax 473; σὺ δʼ ἡμῖν μηδὲν ἐ. γένῃ E. Hec. 372; ἐ. τινι φῦναι Id. Or. 605: c. inf., ἐ. εἶναι τῷ ποιεῖν X. HG 2.3.23; ἐ. γενέσθαι, εἶναί τινι μὴ πράττειν, prevent a personʼs doing, Ar. Pa

3 in oneʼs way, before oneʼs eyes, manifest, everyday

in oneʼs way, before oneʼs eyes, manifest, πόθεν ἄρξομαι, ἐ. ἁπάντων ὄντων, And. 4.10; Χαρίτων ἱερὸν ἐ. ποιοῦνται Arist. EN 1133a3; ἃ δʼ ἐ. μάλιστα ταῦθʼ ἥκω φράσων E. Ph. 706; ἡ ἐ. παιδεία everyday education, Arist. Pol. 1337a39; πολλοῖς ἐ. εἶναι καὶ γνωρίζεσθαι Plb. 2.17.1.

4 immediately

of Time, immediately, Polem.Hist. 83.

In the wild

ἐμποδὼν · empodōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 12–13
ἐμποδὼν · empodōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 427–429
ἐμποδὼν · empodōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1019–1022
ἐμποδὼν · empodōn Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 700)
τοὐμποδών · toumpodōn Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1161 (DIORISIS sentence 911)
ἐμποδὼν · empodōn Aristophanes, Peace 2 (DIORISIS sentence 363)

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Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἐμποδών (scan p. 539; entry #1904).

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