ἀποτρέπ-ω,
turn away from, εἰ δὲ σὺ.. τιν᾽ ἄλλον.. ἀποτρέψεις πολέμοιο[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.249, compare 20.256; ὅθεν.. ἀπέτραπε λαὸν Ἀθήνη 11.758] Refs 8th c.BC+]; deter or dissuade from, τινός τινα[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39; τινὰ τῆς κακουργίας [prev. author] 6.38; τῆς γνώμης 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.21, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, ἀ. προσωτέρω τὸ μὴ πορεύεσθαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.105; ἀ. βοᾶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp..” 900 (Lyric poetry); δηλοῦν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.5, 6] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, ἀ. τινὰ ὑβρίζοντα[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 880] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, ὁ παραβαίνειν τι βουλόμενος τῷ μὴ προὔχων ἂν ἐπελθεῖν -τρέπεται[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative person only, turn away or back, πάντας ἀπέτραπε καὶ μεμαῶτας[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.276: with _dative_ modi, οὔ μ᾽ ἐπέεσσιν ἀποτρέψεις μεμαῶτα 20.256, compare 109] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀλαζόνας ἀ. deter them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 173c] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to παροξῦναι, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.37] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to συμβουλεύω, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1391b33, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 with accusative of things, turn back again, ποτὶ χέρσον ἔντεα ναός[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.69. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]