The corpus record

κατακωλύω

katakoluo

hinder from doing

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Where it lives

Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Anabasis 2 · 0.36/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

κατακωλύω · katakōlyō — LSJ

hinder from doing, detain, keep back

hinder from doing, c. acc. et inf., Simon. 41, cf. Ar. Ach. 1088; detain, keep back, τινα X. Oec. 12.1, D. 53.5; κ. ἔξω τινάς X. An. 5.2.16; ἄχθεται . . τῷ κατακωλύοντι Pherecr. 153.7:—Pass., c. gen. rei, κατεκωλύθη τοῦ ἐς Σικελίαν πλοῦ D. 33.13.

In the wild

κατεκώλυε · katekōlye Xenophon, Anabasis 5.2.16 (DIORISIS sentence 2130)
κατεκώλυόν · katekōlyon Xenophon, Anabasis 6.6.8 (DIORISIS sentence 2985)
κατακωλύω · katakōlyō Xenophon, Economics 12.1 (DIORISIS sentence 579)
κατακωλυθείς · katakōlytheis Xenophon, Hellenica 1.6.17 (DIORISIS sentence 250)

Where it came from

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