1. κωλύω · kōlyō — Beekes
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κωλύω
koluo
to hinder, prevent
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Where it lives
- Olympic Oration 3 · 69.44/10k
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- De Divinatione per Somnum 2 · 16.68/10k
- Against Alcibiades 2 1 · 16.64/10k
- First Olynthiac 3 · 16.47/10k
- The Funeral Speech 51-61 4 · 15.94/10k
- First Philippic 5 · 15.23/10k
- Against Theocrines 7 · 15.04/10k
- On the Scrutiny of Evandros 2 · 14.49/10k
- On The Refusal Of A Pension 2 · 14.06/10k
- On the Peace 2 · 13.77/10k
- Letter 7 1 · 12.84/10k
Densest 12 of 173 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. κωλύω · kōlyō — Chantraine
3. κωλύω · kōlyō — Chantraine
4. κωλύω · kōlyō — Chantraine
5. κωλύω · kōlyō — Frisk
6. κωλύω · kōlyō — Frisk
7. κωλύω · kōlyō — LSJ
hinder, prevent:—Constr.:
c. acc. et inf., κ. ἐκρέειν τὸν Νεῖλον Hdt. 2.20; κώλυεν [μιν] μεῖναι Pi. l.c.; τί δῆτα καὶ σὲ κωλύει <λαβεῖν> κέρδος; E. Fr. 794, cf. IT 507, etc.; ὅς σε κ. τὸ δρᾶν S. Ph. 1241; φεύγειν οὐδεὶς κ. νόμος D. 23.52: with neg. added (rare in Att. Prose), κ. τινὰ μὴ θανεῖν E. Ph. 1268; μὴ προσεύχεσθαι X. HG 3.2.22, etc.:— Pass., χρημάτων σπάνει Th. 1.142; τοῦ ὕδατος πιεῖν from drinking the water, Pl. R. 621b; κωλυόμεσθα μὴ μαθεῖν E. Ion 391; μὴ οὐ πονηρὸν εἶναι D.H. 2.3.
rarely c. part. pro inf., κ. τινὰ πόλεμον εἰσάγοντα Id. 7.25:—Pass., μὴ κωλύωνται περαιούμενοι Th. 1.26.
with relat. clause, κωλύειν εἴ τις ἐπαγγέλλεται, = τινὰ μὴ ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, D. 4.15; ἐκωλύσαμεν, ἵνα γένησθε . . J. BJ 6.6.2.
c. gen. rei, κ. τινά τινος hinder one from a thing, X. HG 3.2.21, An. 1.6.2, etc.; κ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος Id. Cyr. 1.3.11, 3.3.51:—Pass., τῆς ὁρμῆς ἐκωλύθησαν Plb. 6.55.3.
c. acc. rei, prevent, E. IA 1390 (troch.), X. An. 4.2.24:—Pass., ἐν τούτῳ κεκωλῦσθαι ἐδόκει τὰ πράγματα Th. 2.8, cf. 4.14; ταῦτα . . μὴ ἐν ὑμῖν κωλυθῇ Id. 2.64; μηδὲ . . δαπάνῃ κεκωλύσθω let there be no hindrance by reason of expense, Id. 1.129.
withhold, τι ἀπό τινος LXX Ge. 23.6, Ev.Luc. 6.29.
c. acc. pers., hinder, Th. 1.35; τοὺς δρῶντας μοχθηρά Arist. EN 1113b26.
abs., οὐδʼ ὁ κωλύσων παρῆν S. Ant. 261, cf. El. 1197; εἴσʼ οἳ κωλύουσιν Ar. Pax 499; of the tribuneʼs intercessio, Plu. TG 10; τὸ κωλῦον hindrance, X. An. 4.5.20, D. 1.12: freq. an inf. may be supplied, εἶτα τίς σε κωλύει (sc. γεωργεῖν); Ar. Fr. 100; αὐτοὶ ὠφελούμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους κωλύσετε [ὠφελεῖσθαι] Th. 6.91, cf. 2.37 (Pass.).
freq. in 3 pers., οὐδὲν κωλύει there is nothing to hinder, c. acc. et inf., ὁμόψηφον τὸν Ἀργεῖον εἶναι κ. οὐδέν Hdt. 7.149; οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον Ar. Nu. 1448, cf. Pl. Phdr. 268e; ὃν διαμάττειν οὐ κ. Ar. Av. 463; τί κ. ἡμᾶς διελθεῖν; Pl. Tht. 143a, etc.; οὐδὲν κ., abs., as a form of assent, be it so, Ar. Eq. 723, 972, Pl. Euthd. 272d, etc.; τί γὰρ κ.; Id. Euthphr. 9d, cf. Plt. 292a, al.; τό γʼ ἐμὸν οὐδὲν κ. Id. Grg. 458d; μὴ τὸ σὸν κωλυέτω E. Ph. 990; οὐ τἀμὰ κωλύσει P
In the wild
- κωλύει · kōlyei Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 392)
- κωλύσει · kōlysei Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 1121)
- κωλύσωσι · kōlysōsi Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 706)
- κωλύει · kōlyei Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 525)
- κωλύει · kōlyei Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 701)
- κωλύεις · kōlyeis Aristophanes, Lysistrata 606 (DIORISIS sentence 482)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κωλύω (scan pp. 860-861; entry #3602).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κωλύω (scan p. 620; entry #4561).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κωλύω (scan p. 1033; entry #3409).
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