ἀπασχολ-έω,
A. leaveoneno leisure, keephimemployed,
Luc. Philops. 14 , Hld. 2.21 :— Pass. ,to be wholly occupiedorengrossed,so as to attend to nothing else, περί τινα
Luc. Charid. 19
, cf. Olymp. in Mete. 108.22 ;τινίib. 107.13 ;ἀ. ἐπὶ τῆς ἀλλοδαπῆς to be absenton foreign service, POxy. 71 ii 8
(iv A. D.).
II. τῆς συνεχείας τῶν φυτῶν ἀπασχολούσης ἐς ἑαυτὴν τὰ βέλη renderingthemof none effect,
Hdn. 7.2.5 .
III. ἀ. τινὰ τῶν ἡδίστων detainhimfrom . .,
Hld. 10.23 .